Memorize these and recognize 37.9% of all Country Music clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Cash | 7 | (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Giving a big boost to his career in 1968 this singer went behind bars to record an epic live album at Folsom Prison |
| 2 | Willie Nelson | 5 | His first No. 1 country hit & first Top 40 pop hit was 1975's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" |
| 3 | Loretta Lynn | 4 | A grandma before her 30th birthday, she's the real "Coal Miner's Daughter" |
| 4 | Keith Urban | 4 | After moving to Nashville, he joined a band called The Ranch, but soon had a solo No. 1 country hit with "But For The Grace Of God" |
| 5 | Hank Williams | 4 | His '64 film biography was called "Your Cheatin' Heart" |
| 6 | Dolly Parton | 4 | When her "Here You Come Again" hit the pop charts in 1977, she said, "I'm not leaving country, I'm just taking it with me" |
| 7 | The Judds | 4 | In 2015 this mother-daughter duo reunited for "Girls Night Out", a series of shows in Las Vegas |
| 8 | Kenny Rogers | 4 | He starred in the 1981 TV movie based on his No. 1 country hit, "Coward Of The County" |
| 9 | Patsy Cline | 3 | (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Before her untimely death, she saw her career take off beginning with her first No. 1 hit that she had been reluctant t... |
| 10 | Mickey Gilley | 3 | A piano-playing cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, he crossed over onto the pop charts in 1980 with "Stand By Me" |
| 11 | Merle Haggard | 3 | ( Hi, I'm Joe Nichols.) My favorite song, "Footlights", was sung by this country legend whose name appropriately means "tired-looking" |
| 12 | Kris Kristofferson | 3 | A Rhodes scholarship paid "For the Good Times" he had at Oxford |
| 13 | Waylon Jennings | 2 | In 2002 country fans mourned the death of this singing "Outlaw" |
| 14 | Toby Keith | 2 | This singer who goes by his first & middle names is known for his rousing country anthems |
| 15 | the Oak Ridge Boys | 2 | Their 4 hearts were on fire for Elvira |
| 16 | Tammy Wynette | 2 | Her autobiography, “Stand By Your Man”, was made into a 1981 TV movie starring Annette O’Toole |
| 17 | Shania Twain | 2 | In 2023 she released the album "Queen of Me" & showed up at the Grammys in red hair & giant polka dots |
| 18 | Jimmy Dean | 2 | This writer & performer of “Big Bad John” is now a sausage entrepreneur |
| 19 | Garth Brooks | 2 | This country superstar seen here studied advertising at Oklahoma State, but ended up changing his career path a little bit |
| 20 | cowboys | 2 | In a 1970s hit, Waylon & Willie urged, "Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be" these |
| 21 | Charley Pride | 2 | This former pro ballplayer is country's top Black star |
| 22 | Carrie Underwood | 2 | "Before He Cheats" by this singer was the CMA's Single of the Year in 2007; she'd soon become a fixture on that award show |
| 23 | Buck Owens | 2 | The originator of the Bakersfield sound, he once referred to himself in song as "Ol' Buck" |
| 24 | Billy Ray Cyrus | 2 | Daughter Miley duetted with him on the recent hit "Ready, Set, Don't Go" |
| 25 | Alabama | 2 | Their 1st album was called "My Home's in Alabama" |
| 26 | Conway Twitty | 2 | The following singer has had more No. 1 hits than any other artist in any field of music: "She tried to hide it by the faded denim clothes she wore / ... |
| 27 | Larry Gatlin | 2 | "If it weren't for Dottie West, I'd probably be a lawyer in Houston," said this leader of the Gatlin Bros. |
| 28 | Darius Rucker | 2 | This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live" |
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