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West Virginia: Brad Paisley

It only makes sense that one of the most famous country singers is from West Virginia. He was born to a poor family in Glen Dale where his father worked as a desk clerk for the Department of Transportation and his mother was an elementary school teacher. He was the youngest person to be inducted into the Jamboree USA Hall of Fame. 

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