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Written by Bruce Springsteen as a rockabilly song.

The Pointer Sisters performed "Fairytale" at the Grand Ole Opry on October 25, 1974, making them the first Black vocal group and second Black women to perform at the Opry (Linda Martell was the first.)

"Lovesick Blues" is a 1920s song that became a favorite of country and western artists like Hank Williams.

Written by Kris Kristofferson

Arlington

Born and raised in Arlington

Notice how she spells the name of her hometown, Dallas ...

Born in ATL but raised in Fort Worth

Tammy Wynette cover, co-written by Wynette and Billy Sherrill. Staton's version reached No. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart and at No. 24 on the pop Hot 100.

Cover of a coal mining song from the 1940s

Covering the Rolling Stones

Written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by Glen Campbell in 1968. This song has been covered by countless artists, including soul musicians like Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

"Deep River Woman" was originally on Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling" album from his Motown years. He rerecorded many of his past records as country songs in 2012.

Featuring vocals by the great Margie Hendrix and the Raelettes

Recorded as "T for Texas" or "Blue Yodel" by Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, and many others, this song is similar to Ma Rainey's "See See Rider."

This blues has strong elements of what will later be labeled "country" music.

KXCI Presents! Rhiannon Giddens tonight, April 27, at Rialto Theatre.

Elements of this Ralph Tresvant cover (maybe the strings?) give me country vibes.

Written by Bobbie Gentry and originally recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in 1969. Historian Charles Hughes says Muscle Shoals is a crucial space within the "Country Soul Triangle," which he argues extends to Memphis and Nashville.