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1) knoxville sessions 1929 1930 knoxville county stom

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WNOX was the eighth radio station to sign on the air in North America and the first in Tennessee. No station has left a bigger footprint on American popular music or the radio industry as WNOX. Its AM signal could be heard as far south as Daytona Beach and as far north as New York City in the day of uncluttered airwaves. It helped write the book on radio broadcasts and productions with programs like the Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round and the Tennessee Barn...

3) Cumberland Avenue revisited: four decades of music from Knoxville, Tennessee

4) Knoxville's 'Merry-go-round, ' Ciderville and... the East Tennessee country music scene

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White, Ruth

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A nostalgic journey into yesteryear's country music with the artists who made it happen in East Tennessee! -- book cover blurb.

5) Tennessee strings: the story of country music in Tennessee

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Wolfe, Charles K

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Tennessee three star books

6) African banjo echoes in Appalachia: a study of folk traditions

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Conway, Cecelia

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Publications of the American Folklore Society. New

7) Knoxville blues: stories of Knoxville's lively musical past

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Neely, Jack

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8) The golden age of music in Knoxville, Tennessee 1891-1910

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Crews, Emma Katherine

9) A history of music in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1791 to 1910

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Crews, Emma Katherine

10) Knoxville music directory

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Pamphlet, Reference

11) Arthur Q. Smith: the trouble with truth

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Smith, Arthur Q

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Cover summary: "Knoxville songwriter Arthur Q. Smith is one of the great unsung heroes of country music... Smith composed hundreds of classic country music songs during the 1940s and 1950s... Setting up shop at the Three Feathers Sandwich Shop on the 100 block of Gay Street, Smith partnered with... restaurant owners Leonard and Helen Shersky, as well as local musicians .. Roy Acuff, Bill Carlisle, Bill Monroe, ... and Kitty Wells."