COUNTRY MUSICIANS

This document contains a selection of country and bluegrass musicians (including singers, songwriters and instrumentalists) for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries.

ACUFF, Roy (Claxton)	(b. Maynardville, Tenn., 1903; d. Nashville, 1992). Country-and-western singer, fiddler, songwriter, and publisher.
AUTRY, (Orvon) Gene	(b. Tioga, Tex., 1907). Country and popular singer, songwriter, and actor.
CARTER, Mother Maybelle [Maybelle Addington]	(b. near Nickelsville, Va., 1909; d. Madison, Tenn., 1978). Country singer, guitarist, and autoharpist.
CASH, Johnny [John R.]	(b. Kingsland, Ark., 1932). Country singer and songwriter.
CLINE, Patsy [Hensley, Virginia Patterson]	(b. Winchester, Va., 1932; d. Camden, Tenn., 1963). Country singer.
FLATT, Lester (Raymond)	(b. Overton County, Tenn., 1914; d. Nashville, 1979). Bluegrass singer and guitarist.
FRIZZELL, Lefty [William Orville]	(b. Corsicana, Tex., 1928; d. Nashville, 1975). Country singer and songwriter.
HAGGARD, Merle (Ronald)	(b. Bakersfield, Calif., 1937). Country singer and songwriter.
JENNINGS, Waylon (Arnold)	(b. Littlefield, Tex., 1937). Country singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
LOUDERMILK, Ira and Charlie	(b. Rainesville, Ala., 1924; d. near Jefferson City, Mo., 1965) (b. Rainesville, Ala., 1927). Country duo known as the Louvin Brothers.
LYNN [née Webb], Loretta	(b. Butcher Hollow, Ky., 1932). Country singer and songwriter.
MACON, Uncle Dave [David Harrison]	(b. Smart Station, Tenn., 1870; d. Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1952). Country singer and banjo player.
MONROE, Bill [William] (Smith)	(b. near Rosine, Ky., 1911). Country singer, songwriter, and mandolin player. A founder of bluegrass music.
NELSON, Willie (Hugh)	(b. Abbot, Tex., 1933). Country singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
PARTON, Dolly	(b. Locust Ridge, Tenn., 1946). Country singer and songwriter.
PERKINS, Carl	(b. Lake City, Tenn., 1932). Rock-and-roll and country singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
PIERCE, Webb	(b. near West Monroe, La., 1926; d. Nashville, Tenn., 1991). Country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and publisher.
RODGERS, Jimmie [James Charles]	(b. Meridien, Miss., 1897; d. New York, 1933). Country singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
SCRUGGS, Earl (Eugene)	(b. Flint Hill, N.C., 1924). Bluegrass and country banjo player, songwriter, and singer.
SKAGGS, Ricky	(b. Cordell, Ky., 1954). Country singer, guitarist, fiddler, and mandolin player.
STANLEY, Ralph STANLEY, Carter	(b. Stratton?, Va., 1927). Bluegrass banjo player, singer, and songwriter. (b. McClure?, Va., 1925; d. Bristol, Va., 1966). Bluegrass guitarist, singer, and songwriter. They played together from 1946 as the Stanley Brothers, later forming the Clinch Mountain Boys.
TWITTY, Conway [Jenkins, Harold Lloyd]	(b. Friars Point, Miss., 1933; d. Springfield, Mo., 1993). Country and rock-and-roll singer and songwriter.
WELLS, Kitty [Muriel Ellen Deason]	(b. Nashville, 1919). Country singer and songwriter.
WILLIAMS, Hank [Hiram]	(b. near Georgiana, Ala., 1923; d. Oak Hill, W.Va., 1953). Country singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
WYNETTE, Tammy [Pugh, Wynette]	(b. Itawamba Country, near Tupelo, Miss., 1942). Country singer and songwriter.