old country music

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Across
  1. 2. most popular and successful black country music singer
  2. 5. hello ________
  3. 7. sang and wrote ballads
  4. 12. the type of country music invented by buck owens and merle haggard
  5. 14. 1 of the 3 nicknames for hank williams
  6. 16. 1 of the 3 nicknames for hank williams
  7. 17. still has sellout shows at age 90
  8. 18. every _______ knows that the secret to survival is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep
  9. 22. played in the movie smokey and the bandit
  10. 25. im movin _____
  11. 26. _________ tried
  12. 27. the first hit by jimmie rogers
  13. 29. we're in the _________ now
  14. 32. is ________ goin' to san antone
  15. 33. died at 29
  16. 34. im a _________ fugitive
  17. 35. first considered to be commercially famous in 1923
  18. 37. made the hit album "chisled in stone"
Down
  1. 1. first country singers
  2. 2. sang honkey tonk angel
  3. 3. name of hank williams band
  4. 4. most awarded female artist
  5. 6. first husband of bonnie owens
  6. 8. recognized as the birthplace of country music
  7. 9. recorded the first country song in 1922
  8. 10. the best song writer in country music history
  9. 11. orange blossom _________
  10. 12. invented the bluegrass style of music
  11. 13. he was the "poet of the common man" and also was known as the greatest country singer of all time
  12. 15. most #1 hits
  13. 19. has sold more albums than any other performer
  14. 20. known as the singing cowboy
  15. 21. first african american country singer to sing at the grand ole opry
  16. 23. ________ on the bayou
  17. 24. father of country music
  18. 28. 1 of the 3 nicknames for hank williams
  19. 30. wrote the song "im movin on"
  20. 31. most number 1 hits by a female
  21. 36. sang at san quinten prison while merle haggard was in the audience