Heartaches by the number: country music's 500 greatest singles - Bill Friskics-Warren, David Cantwell - Google Books

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This book constitutes a popular, and decidedly populist, history of country music. Its interwoven essays showcase the music's myriad roots and influences: stringband stomps and western swing, hillbilly boogie and honky-tonk, the Nashville Sound and the…