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Grandpa Jones

Name at birth: Louis Marshall JonesGrandpa Jones was the folksy, joking banjo-picker inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978. Louis Marshall Jones was born in rural Kentucky and began…

Keith Urban

Guitarist Keith Urban made his name by mixing Nashville sounds with the scruffy rock-n-roll looks of Kurt Cobain. Urban was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia; determined to be an…

Lady A

Country music's Lady Antebellum -- renamed Lady A in 2020 -- is a trio made up of singers Hillary Scott (b. 1 April 1984) and Charles Kelley (b. 11 September 1981) and multi-instrumentalist Dave…

Sarah Childress Polk

Sarah Childress Polk was married to United States president James K. Polk and served as First Lady from 1845 to 1849. From a prosperous Tennessee family, she was educated in Nashville, Tennessee and…

Emmett W. Chappelle Biography

Emmett W. ChappellebiochemistBorn: 10/25/1925Birthplace: Phoenix, Ariz. Emmett W. Chappelle earned a B.S. degree from the University of California in 1950, and from 1950 to 1953 he served as…

Ebenezer J. SHIELDS, Congress, TN (1778-1846)

SHIELDS Ebenezer J. , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Georgia, December 22, 1778; moved to Tennessee in 1809 and settled on Robertson Fork Creek near Lynnville, Giles County; completed…

Jason Aldean

Name at birth: Jason Aldine WilliamsCountry singer Jason Aldean has produced more than ten Top Ten hits since his 2005 debut, including "Dirt Road Anthem" and "Don't You Wanna Stay" (a duet with…

Edward Douglass WHITE, Congress, LA (1795-1847)

WHITE Edward Douglass , a Representative from Louisiana; born in Nashville, Tenn., in March 1795; moved with his father to what is now St. Martin Parish, La., in 1799; attended the common…

Johnny Cash Biography

Johnny Cashcountry singerBorn: 2/26/1932Birthplace: Kingsland, Arkansas Grammy Award-winning country and western singer known as “the man in black.” From his earliest rockabilly sessions at…

Doc Cheatham Biography

Doc Cheatham(Adolphus Anthony Cheatham)musicianBorn: 6/13/1905Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee Having played early on in Vaudeville theaters backing blues/jazz great Bessie Smith and others,…