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George (February 10, 1910 – July 1974) and Leslie York (August 23, 1917 - February 21, 1984), known professionally as The York Brothers, were an American country music duo, popular from the late 1930s through the 1950s, known for their close harmony singing.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: AllMusic, Big D Jamboree, Bill Monroe, Blues, Boogie, Country music, Decca Records, Detroit, Grand Ole Opry, Harmony, Hillbilly, Jazz, Jerry Byrd, King Records (United States), Louisa, Kentucky, Louisiana Hayride, Portsmouth, Ohio, Rockabilly, Syd Nathan, The Delmore Brothers, The Everly Brothers, United States, Zeb Turner.

  2. Country music groups from Kentucky

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Big D Jamboree

Big D Jamboree was a radio program broadcast by KRLD-AM in Dallas, Texas.

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Bill Monroe

William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Boogie

Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm,Burrows, Terry (1995).

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Country music

Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a regular live country-music radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the time of year.

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Harmony

In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.

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Hillbilly

Hillbilly is a term for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jerry Byrd

Gerald Lester Byrd (March 9, 1920 – April 11, 2005) was an American musician who played the lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music, as well as a singer-songwriter and the head of a music publishing firm. The York Brothers and Jerry Byrd are Decca Records artists.

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King Records (United States)

King Records was an American label founded in 1943 by Syd Nathan in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

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Louisa, Kentucky

Louisa is a home-rule class city located in eastern Kentucky, United States, at the merger of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River, which forms part of the state's border with West Virginia.

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Louisiana Hayride

Louisiana Hayride was a radio and later television country music show broadcast from the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, that during its heyday from 1948 to 1960 helped to launch the careers of some of the greatest names in American country and western music.

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Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth is a city in and the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio, United States.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music.

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Syd Nathan

Sydney Nathan (April 27, 1904 – March 5, 1968) was an American music business executive who founded King Records, a leading independent record label, in 1943.

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The Delmore Brothers

Alton Delmore (December 25, 1908 – June 9, 1964) and Rabon Delmore (December 3, 1916 – December 4, 1952), billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country music pioneer singer-songwriters and musicians who were stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s. The York Brothers and the Delmore Brothers are American musical duos and King Records artists.

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The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. The York Brothers and The Everly Brothers are country music groups from Kentucky.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Zeb Turner

Zeb Turner (June 23, 1915 – January 10, 1978) was an American country music songwriter and guitarist, and pioneer of rockabilly.

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See also

Country music groups from Kentucky

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_York_Brothers

Also known as York Brothers.