100 Greatest Men – Page 2 – Country Universe

100 Greatest Men: #10. George Strait

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Country music has undergone drastic changes in the three decades that George Strait has been a recording artist. While everything was changing all around him, he became the most

100 Greatest Men: #11. Waylon Jennings

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Waylon Jennings was the very embodiment of the country music outlaw movement in the seventies, demonstrating that legendary music can be made if artists are liberated to create it

100 Greatest Men: #12. Eddy Arnold

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List With a sweeping career that spanned six decades, Eddy Arnold was a pivotal force in country music as it grew from a regionally popular musical style into a genre

100 Greatest Men: #13. Bill Monroe

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Few artists can claim creative ownership over an entire genre of music. Bill Monroe is one of those few artists, as the Father of Bluegrass led the way for

100 Greatest Men: #14. Ray Price

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List One of the few traditionalists who was able to successfully transition into the smoother Nashville Sound style, Ray Price was a defining artist in two completely different eras of

100 Greatest Men: #15. Conway Twitty

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List He started out as a pop teen idol, but Conway Twitty’s powerful vocals and smart taste in material made him one of country music’s longest reigning superstars. Twitty was

100 Greatest Men: #16. Marty Robbins

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List A pioneer in both country and rock and roll music, and the father of the country music concept album, Marty Robbins expanded the both the scope and reach of

100 Greatest Men: #17. Kenny Rogers

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List The biggest crossover star that country music has ever known, Kenny Rogers was among the biggest stars of any genre in the seventies and eighties, becoming a worldwide icon

100 Greatest Men: #18. Ernest Tubb

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List One of the earliest members of both the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame, Ernest Tubb’s legacy stretches back to the 1940’s, when he became

100 Greatest Men: #19. Webb Pierce

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Rocketing to stardom in the aftermath of Hank Williams’ death, Webb Pierce became country music’s biggest superstar in the 1950’s, dominating the charts and establishing a flamboyant style that