Country Music Unit APEX Music

This man was born in Memphis and started in country music, but was later known as the King of Rock and Roll.

• Johnny Cash

• Elvis Presley

• Michael Jackson

• Hank Williams

This man made Texas Swing famous with his band

• Bob Wills

• Elvis Presley

• Hank Williams

• Jimmie Rodgers

This is known as the hometown of Country Music

• Dallas

• Memphis

• Nashville

• Detroit

This is the radio program played all over the country that made country music stars famous

• American Bandstand

• The Tonight Show

• Academy Awards

• Grand Ole Opry

This was the first female country music star, her most famous song was "Coal Miner's Daughter"

• Loretta Lynn

• Dolly Parton

• Reba McEntire

• Patsy Cline

This man was known as the "Man in Black". He played a concert at Folsom Prison and San Quentin Prison.

• Merle Haggard

• Johnny Cash

• Hank Williams

• Willie Nelson

Style of music made popular by Hank Williams, started right after World War 2 in bars and clubs

• Bluegrass

• Outlaw

• Honky-Tonk

• Big Band

Style made popular by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the 60s and 70s

• Honky-Tonk

• Bluegrass

• Americana

• Outlaw

Style of music created by Bill Monroe in Kentucky in the 1920s and 30s, featured banjos and fiddles

• Outlaw

• Honky-Tonk

• Bluegrass

• Nashville sound

This is Merle Haggard's most famous song, it was a protest song about the Vietnam War

• "Amarillo By Morning"

• "Crazy"

• "Okie From Muskogee"

• "Act Naturally"