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May 2024
38m 12s

Country Music 1952

BRICE FUQUA
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Musician include: Hank Thompson, Kitty Wells, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, Red Foley and Ernest Tubb. 

Songs include: The Wild side of Life, Salty Dog Rag, Jambalya, It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels  and Too Old to Cut the Mustard.

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