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3 Songs From 1966 That Single-Handedly Changed Country Music Forever

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Born on This Day in 1967, the Prolific Country Songwriter Behind Some of Your Favorite Drinking Songs of th 2010s Including Classics by Toby Keith and Luke Bryan

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