Big D's Country Music Trivia Quiz No.5

Only one all-correct answer this month, and , would you believe it, it's Margaret Brown again!  Is there no stopping this woman?  Here's your chance to do just that by answering these ten questions.
 

1. Can you name the oldest recording artist ever to have a country hit?

2. For Skeeter Davis's autobiography she interviewed one very significant person while conducting her research, do you know who it was?

3. This country gentleman graduated from college with a degree in agriculture and managed a ranch before becoming a country singer.  Who is he?

4. This  country singer came to Nashville from his home state of Texas with a one-way Grayhound bus ticket and his guitar wrapped in plastic.  By the time he was 20, he'd chalked up more than ten number one hits.  Name him.

5. Kenny Rogers has recorded duets with several female artists over the years, but can you name the male artist with whom he recorded a 1987 hit ?  Also, what is the name of the song ?

6. Garth Brooks made country music history when he won an unprecedented six awards from the ACM in April 1991.  Previously two artists had each won five in one year.  Can you name them?

7. What member of a former male duo named his first child, a son, Ryman, after the famous Ryman Auditorium?

8. Grandpa Jones began to be known as "Grandpa" at what age?

9. This country star was born and raised in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, on a farm.  Her middle name is Rebecca.  Who is she?

10.What was Tanya Tucker's first number one single?

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Answers to March's quiz :  1. Kathy Mattea married John Vezner in 1988, and Pam Tillis married Bob Di Piero in 1991.  2. From a box of Statler tissues they found in a hotel room.  3. Shenandoah.  4. "Hello  Darlin".  5. Jerry Reed. 6. T.G.Sheppard. 7. Mary Chapin-Carpenter. 8. Marie Osmond. The hit was "Paper Roses".  10. Jo-El Sonnier.

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