Who Hillbilly-Music.com What Top Pages Visited on Hillbilly-Music.com in 2018 Announced When March 31, 2019 Where Modesto, CA Released March 31, 2019   Top Pages Visited on Hillbilly-Music.com in 2018 Announced Modesto, CA — March 31, 2019 — In keeping with a bit of the old time publications that liked to announce the top singers, instrumentalists and bands of a given year, here is our annual version. These lists are based on the number of visitors to a given page indicated in the category. We appreciate the efforts of fans to salute their favorites in these annual summaries, but we are aware of the attempts to raise the 'scores'. We look forward in 2019 to continue to document those who have been a part of hillbilly music's storied history. Our work on this site is far from done. That's why we always tell fans - come back every now and then, you never know who may have stopped by and helped us tell their story. Hillbilly Music. Hillbilly-Music.com The People. The Music. The History Member: Country Music Association (CMA) Member: Academy of Country Music (ACM) Contact information: Hillbilly-Music.com Attn: Dave P.O. Box 576245 Modesto, CA 95357-6245 news@hillbilly-music.com Top Male Artist Pages Visited 2018 1 Ernest Tubb 2 Dusty Owens 3 Shorty Long 4 Bob Flannery 5 Durwood Haddock 6 Cy Coben 7 Lew Childre 8 Lloyd Ellis 9 Hawkshaw Hawkins 10 Lonnie Barron 11 Jerry Byrd 12 Bill Haley 13 Hugh X. Lewis 14 Gene LaVerne 15 Roy Acuff 16 Randy Atcher 17 Elton Britt 18 Texas Bill Strength 19 Johnny Tyler 20 Cliff Warren 21 Colonel Combs 22 Jimmie Osborne 23 Roy Lee Harmon 24 Red Perkins 25 Johnny Rion   Top Female Artist Pages Visited 2018 1 Donna Darlene 2 Molly Bee 3 Betsy Gay 4 Myna Lorrie 5 Mary Ann Johnson 6 Rita Faye 7 Abbie Neal 8 Judy Lynn 9 Texas Jean Valli 10 Mimi Roman 11 Beryl Harrell 12 Betty Amos 13 Boots Faye 14 Linda Brannon 15 Rita Robbins 16 Polly Johnsont 17 Jeanette Hicks 18 June Webb 19 Grace Wilson 20 Nita Lynn 21 Margie Singleton 22 Beverly Mae Wilson 23 Shirley Bates 24 Norma Lee 25 Janet McBride   Top Group Pages Visited 2018 1 DeZurik Sisters 2 Blue Sky Boys 3 Milo Twins 4 Lulu Belle & Scotty 5 Pie Plant Pete & Bashful Harmonica Joe 6 Hickory Sisters 7 Smith Brothers 8 Korn Kobblers 9 Rice Brothers Gang 10 Miller Brothers 11 Cedar Hill Square Dancers 12 Circle 6 Ranch Boys 13 Amburgey Sisters 14 Sneed Family 15 Down Homers 16 Masters Family 17 Foggy River Boys 18 Beaver VAlley Sweethearts 19 Pell Brothers 20 Cumberland Ridge Runners 21 Girls of the Golden West 22 Lonnie and Lottie 23 Georgia Crackers 24 Jacoby Brothers 25 Jamup and Honey   Top Duo Pages Visited 2017 1 DeZurik Sisters 2 Blue Sky Boys 3 Milo Twins 4 Lulu Belle and Scotty 5 Pie Plant Pete and Bashful Harmonica Joe 6 The Hickory Sisters 7 Beaver Valley Sweethearts 8 Pell Brothers 9 Lonnie and Lottie 10 Jacoby Brothers 11 Jamup and Honey 12 Uncle Jack and Mary Lou 13 Mac and Bob 14 Ray and Kay, The Banjo Kids 15 Miccolis Sisters 16 Kit and Kay 17 Karl and Harty 18 Delmore Brothers 19 Oklahoma Sweethearts 20 Armstrong Twins 21 Mitchell Sisters 22 Hank and Hiram 23 Poe Sisters 24 Shelton Brothers 25 Collins Kids   Top Disc Jockey Pages Visited 2018 1 Carl (The Squeakin' Deacon) Moore 2 Randy Blake 3 Uncle Len Ellis 4 Billy Starr 5 Don Larkin 6 Don Owens 7 Ken Berryhill 8 Smilin' Eddie Hill 9 Hugh Cherry 10 Don Chapman 11 Johnny Hicks 12 Rosalie Allen 13 Tracy Pitcox 14 T. Tommy Cutrer 15 Tommy Sutton 16 Porky Charbonneau 17 Cottonseed Clark 18 Joe Rumore 19 Texas Bill Strength 20 George Menard 21 Ralph Rogers 22 Paul Simpkins 23 Lee Moore 24 John Lair 25 Smokey Smith   Top Program Pages Visited 2018 1 Hometown Jamboree 2 Town Hall Party 3 WWVA Jamboree 4 WLW Midwestern Hayride 5 WSM Grand Ole Opry 6 KWKH Louisiana Hayride 7 Lee Mace's Ozark Opry 8 WRVA Old Dominion Barn Dance 9 WBAM Deep South Jamboree 10 Hayloft Frolic 11 WSB Barn Dance 12 Renfro Valley Barn Dance 13 KRLD Big D Jamboree 14 WLS National Barn Dance 15 KMA Country School 16 WMMT Jamboree 17 East Texas Hillbilly Jamboree 18 Hayloft Jamboree 19 KSTP Sunset Valley Barn Dance 20 California Hayride 21 WNAX Missouri Valley Barn Dance 22 HOffman Hayride 23 WGY Radio Ranch 24 CHML Mailn Street Jamboree 25 Ozark Jubilee   Top Book Pages Visited 2018 1 Many Tears Ago — The Life And Times of Jenny Lou Carson 2 Country Music Message 3 Dear Mama Williams: Sympathy Cards and Letters to the Hank Williams Family 4 Folk Songs of America 5 String Bands In The North Carolina Piedmont 6 Man Behind the Scenes: (Pappy) Neal McCormick and Hank Williams 7 Eight Miles North ... One Mile East of Wroxton - The Smilin' Johnnie Story 8 Bus Fare to Kentucky — The Autobiography of Skeeter Davis 9 Among My Klediments 10 Country Music Comin' Home 11 Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy 12 Fiddler's Curse — The Untold Story of Ervin T. Rouse, Chubby Wise, Johnny Cash and the Orange Blossom Special 13 Creating Country Music — Fabricating Authenticity 14 Country Music Story—A Picture History of Country and Western Music 15 Encylopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music 16 Hank Snow Story 17 David Stone in Sunset Valley—The Story of the KSTP Barn Dance 18 George Jones: I Lived To Tell It All 19 Still In Love With You — The Story of Hank & Audrey Williams 20 Cowboy Copas and the Golden Age of Country Music 21 View From Nashville 22 Archie Campbell - An Autobiography 23 A Satisfied Mind—The Country Music Life of Porter Wagoner 24 Nashville: Music City USA 25 With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow—Old-Time Fiddling in Alabama   Top News Pages Visited 2018 1 Local country music icon, radio station owner Len Ellis dies at 89 2 Country music legend Mel Tillis dead at 85 3 Don Williams, country music's Gentle Giant, dead at 78 4 Radio trailblazer Tom Perryman dies 5 Kentucky music legend Linda Lou Martin passes away 6 Donna Darlene Jackson, WWVA Jamboree Star 7 Henry D (Hank) Decato, 88, New England's Gene Autry 8 Kayton Roberts - Steel Guitar Hall of Famer for Hank Snow for over 30 years 9 Quanah Talmadge Tubb, Nephew of Ernest Tubb; Wrote 'Waltz Across Texas' 10 Kayton Roberts - Steel Guitar Hall of Famer for Hank Snow for over 30 years 11 Obit: Clark George Edward Hinkley (Carl Kent) 12 Mack Rains, Former Country Singer, Disc Jockey 13 Billy Graham dies: 'America's Pastor,' adviser to presidents 14 Quanah Talmadge Tubb, Nephew of Ernest Tubb; Wrote 'Waltz Across Texas' 15 Ralph Stanley, bluegrass legend, dead at 89 16 Merle Haggard, poet of common man, is dead at 79 17 George Kent Passes Away at 75 18 Obituary: Allen (Slim) Roberts 19 Country singer Sonny James dies at age 87 20 Mack Magaha, 'Dancing Fiddle Man,' dies 21 Grand Ole Opry Star Jean Shepard Dies at 82 22 Gordie Tapp of "Hee Haw" and CBC fame dead at 94 23 Musician, actor Jerry Reed dies at 71 24 Obituary: Marcella Isaac, known as Marcia Hall, Minnesota lead guitarist 25 Odell 'Mac' McLeod - Obituary   Contact Dave Hillbilly-Music.com countrymusichistory@hillbilly-music.com