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hit, and he was then eager to repeat that success. He brought the upbeat "Fingernails" tune to the session, hoping that the trio would like it, and they did. Not realizing how tall the Texas
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in the early morning hours and fired a .357 magnum, intending to shoot music producer Jim Denny. Instead, Tubb mistakenly shot at WSM news director, Bill
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2565:Loretta Lynn
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2525:Pee Wee King
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2836:Chubby Wise
2795:Dottie West
2790:Kitty Wells
2765:Justin Tubb
2760:Ernest Tubb
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2575:Rose Maddox
2515:Hal Ketchum
2475:Sonny James
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2180:Eddy Arnold
2175:Jack Anglin
2149:Chris Young
2124:Gene Watson
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2099:Josh Turner
2074:Mike Snider
2044:Don Schlitz
1944:Del McCoury
1854:Diamond Rio
1844:John Conlee
1834:Terri Clark
1814:Clint Black
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1319:Ernest Tubb
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748:Skip a Rope
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720:Johnny Cash
701:Jack Greene
479:Later years
440:Leon Rhodes
423:on ABC-TV.
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235:Early years
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3045:Categories
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3011:Jim Reeves
2963:Tex Ritter
2750:Mel Tillis
2735:Texas Ruby
2725:Red Sovine
2710:Carl Smith
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2660:Del Reeves
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2555:Ira Louvin
2540:Bobby Lord
2480:Norma Jean
2460:Jan Howard
2395:Don Gibson
2360:Holly Dunn
2350:Roy Drusky
2340:Danny Dill
2335:Joe Diffie
2230:The Browns
2134:Mark Wills
2129:The Whites
2084:Pam Tillis
1884:The Isaacs
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