98 Country Music Legends Trivia Questions with Answers
98 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Elvis Presley recording was his first single, released by Sun Records in 1954?
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That's All Right
Which singer played bass for Buddy Holly during Holly’s final 1959 tour?
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Waylon Jennings
Which Buck Owens song was later recorded by the Beatles for their 1965 album Help!?
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Act Naturally
Which country singer wrote and first recorded “Coal Miner’s Daughter”?
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Loretta Lynn
Which album won Johnny Cash the 1995 Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album?
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American Recordings
Which Johnny Cash song was adapted from the traditional folk song “The Streets of Laredo”?
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The Streets of Laredo
Which country singer recorded the 1959 hit “El Paso”?
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Marty Robbins
What was Jimmie Rodgers’s signature yodeling style called?
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Blue yodel
Who wrote Patsy Cline’s signature song “Crazy”?
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Willie Nelson
Which Willie Nelson album is known for its stark outlaw-country concept and 1975 release?
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Red Headed Stranger
What was country legend Hank Williams’s birth name?
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Hiram King Williams
Which Dolly Parton song won her first Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female?
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Here You Come Again
Which Merle Haggard song became a 1969 No. 1 hit and a symbol of Vietnam-era cultural division?
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Okie from Muskogee
What was Patsy Cline’s birth name before she became a country music star?
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Virginia Patterson Hensley
Which Willie Nelson song won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1980?
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On the Road Again
Which nickname is most closely associated with George Strait, the Texas country singer?
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The King of Country Music
Which Kenny Rogers album includes the signature song “The Gambler”?
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The Gambler
Which song earned Charlie Daniels his signature hit status after its 1979 release?
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia
What was Loretta Lynn’s 1976 autobiography and film title about her life?
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Coal Miner's Daughter
Which Randy Travis album was his 1986 studio debut and included “On the Other Hand”?
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Storms of Life
Which Shania Twain album became the best-selling country album of all time?
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Come On Over
Which George Jones recording was named the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year in 1980?
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He Stopped Loving Her Today
Which Tammy Wynette song became known as the “Queen of Country Music” singer’s signature marriage anthem?
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“Stand by Your Man”
Which Hank Williams song became a country standard after its 1949 release and describes a lonesome, troubled life?
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Which Kris Kristofferson song became a posthumous hit for Janis Joplin in 1971?
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Me and Bobby McGee
Which town in Texas was Willie Nelson’s birthplace?
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Abbott
Which Dolly Parton song was inspired by the homemade coat she wore as a child?
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Coat of Many Colors
Which Johnny Cash song became his first Billboard country number-one single in 1956?
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I Walk the Line
Which country legend hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour from 1969 to 1972?
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Glen Campbell
Which Glen Campbell recording became a 1968 hit after Jimmy Webb wrote it?
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Wichita Lineman
Which Dolly Parton theme park adopted the name Dollywood in 1986?
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Dollywood