Chapter 32: Tennessee’s Music Industry

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Across
  1. 3. Music in West Tennessee that came from the mournful songs sung by slaves on plantations.
  2. 6. The birthplace of country music.
  3. 8. A weekly country music stage concert in Nashville that was founded in 1925.
  4. 9. “Empress of the Blues”
  5. 10. The “Father of the Blues”
Down
  1. 1. A singer who combined country and western music with rhythm and blues and called it “rock ‘n’ roll.”
  2. 2. This Blues Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member said, “Education is something no one can take away from you.”
  3. 4. A recording studio that is said to be the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll.
  4. 5. A Nashville radio station that broadcasts country music.
  5. 7. The first singing group to become country music stars.