Who Hillbilly-Music.com What Top Pages Visited on Hillbilly-Music.com in 2023 Announced When January 1, 2024 Where Modesto, CA Released January 1, 2024   Top Pages Visited on Hillbilly-Music.com in 2023 Announced Modesto, CA — January 1, 2024 — 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 2024 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.com is now in its 24th year! Hillbilly Music. Hillbilly-Music.com The People. The Music. The History Voting Member: Country Music Association (CMA) Voting 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 2023 1 Jimmie Rodgers Snow 2 Mervin J. Shiner 3 Ernest Tubb 4 Dusty Owens 5 Hawkshaw Hawkins 6 Morris (Sleepy) Marlin 7 Lew Childre 8 Chester Smith 9 Roy Acuff 10 Jimmie Osborne 11 Big Slim The Lone Cowboy 12 Texas Bill Strength 13 Stoney Edwards 14 Glenn Adams 15 Shorty Long 16 Rem Wall 17 Woody Wooddell 18 Shorty Fincher 19 Charlie Moore 20 Olaf Sveen 21 Doc Williams 22 Red Belcher 23 Bill Haley 24 George Riddle 25 Vernon Dalhart 26 Lennie Aleshire 27 McDonald Craig 28 Jesse Rogers 29 Shot Jackson 30 Eddie Dean   Top Female Artist Pages Visited 2023 1 Rita Faye 2 Dorothy Shay (Park Avenue Hillbilly) 3 Goldie Hill 4 Janet McBride 5 Rita Robbins 6 Karen Wheeler 7 Norma Jean 8 Pat Boyd 9 Texas Jean Valli 10 Mary Ann Johnson 11 Beryl Harrell 12 Melba Montgomery 13 Mimi Roman 14 Wanda Jackson 15 Molly Bee 16 Ruby Falls 17 Sally Foster 18 Myrna Lorrie 19 Betsy Gay 20 Wanda Saylor 21 Mickey (Cousin Mickey) Pennington 22 Kathy Dee 23 Abbie Neal 24 Glenna Strickland 25 Norma Lee 26 Roni Stoneman 29 Linda Parker 27 Dianne Leigh 28 Donna Darlene 30 Linda Brannon 30 Sunshine Ruby   Top Group Pages Visited 2023 1 Sleepy Hollow Gang 2 Georgia Crackers 3 Rice Brothers Gang 4 Rangers Quartet 5 Korn Kobblers 6 Prairie Ramblers 7 Williams Brothers Quartet 8 Cumberland Ridge Runners 9 Masters Family 10 Down Homers 11 Cap, Andy and Flip 12 Amburgey Sisters 13 Smith Brothers 14 Colwell Brothers 15 Cedar Hill Square Dancers 16 Sneed Family 17 Stoneman Family 18 Hoosier Hot Shots 19 Maple City Four 20 Johnson High School Orchestra 21 Johnson Sisters 22 Dixie Playboys 23 Sagebrush Serenaders 24 Circle 6 Ranch Boys 25 Drifting Pioneers 26 Hershal Brown's Washboard Band 27 Garland Brothers & Grinstead 28 Radio Rangers 28 Cope Brothers 29 Roane County Ramblers 30 Rainbow Valley Gang   Top Duo Pages Visited 2023 1 Chisholm Brothers 2 Hickory Sisters 3 DeZurik Sisters 4 Lulu Belle & Scotty 5 Mac and Bob 6 Pie Plant Pete & Bashful Harmonica Joe 7 Virginia Boys (Doc and Carl) 8 Lonnie and Lottie 9 Milo Twins 10 Mel and Stan, The Kentucky Twins 11 Oklahoma Sweethearts 12 Jerry and Sky 13 Beaver Valley Sweethearts 14 Kessinger Brothers 15 Mayse Brothers 16 Acorn Sisters 17 Uncle Jack and Mary Lou 18 Pell Brothers 19 Flannery Sisters 20 Kit and Kay 21 Davis Twins 22 Blue Sky Boys 23 Jacoby Brothers 24 Mitchell Sisters 25 Collins Kids 26 Tony and Juanita 27 Farmer Boys 28 Lilly Brothers 29 Walker Sisters 30 Goins Brothers   Top Disc Jockey Pages Visited 2023 1 Carl (The Squeakin' Deacon) Moore 2 Smilin' Eddie Hill 3 Don Owens 4 Don Larkin 5 John Lair 6 Randy Blake 7 George Menard 8 Rosalie Allen 9 Billy Starr 10 Tommy Sutton 11 Tracy Pitcox 12 Porky Charbonneau 13 Woody Wooddell 14 Joe Hoppel 15 Ken Berryhill 16 Dick Anderson 17 Roy Stingley 18 Bob Jennings 19 Johnny Hicks 20 T. Tommy Cutrer 21 Cliffie Stone 22 Hugh Cherry 23 Paul Simpkins 24 Charlie Douglas 25 Uncle Len Ellis 26 Don Chapman 27 George C. Biggar 28 Ralph Emery 29 Joe Allison 30 Smokey Smith   Top Program Pages Visited 2023 1 WSM Grand Ole Opry 2 Lee Mace's Ozark Opry 3 WRVA Old Dominion Barn Dance 4 Town Hall Party 5 WWVA Jamboree 6 Dream Ranch Jamboree 7 Hometown Jamboree 8 WLW Midwestern Hayride 9 KFH Barn Dance Frolic 10 KWKH Louisiana Hayride 11 WSB Barn Dance 12 KRLD Big D Jamboree 13 WLS National Barn Dance 14 CHML Main Street Jamboree 15 Possum Holler Opry 16 WTTV Hayloft Frolic 17 Hoffman Hayride (KGO-TV) 18 Renfro Valley Barn Dance 19 KSTP Sunset Valley Barn Dance 20 WHO Iowa Barn Dance Frolic 21 KCUL Cowtown Hoedown 22 WCOP Hayloft Jamboree 23 KMA Country School 24 WMMN Sagebrush Roundup 25 KMBC Brush Creek Follies 26 WDVA Virginia Barn Dance 27 WGY Radio Ranch 28 Houston HOmetown Jamboree 29 California Hayride 30 WGRC Hilltop Jamboree   Top Book Pages Visited 2023 1 Many Tears Ago - The Life and Times of Jenny Lou Carson (Jerry Langley and Arnold Rogers (2005)) 2 Country Music Message (Jimmie N. Rodgers (1983)) 3 Eight Miles North ... One Mile East of Wroxton - The Smilin' Johnnie Story (Smilin' Johnnie with Eleanor Dahl (2006)) 4 Mr. Songman - The Slim Whitman Story (Kenneth L. Gibble (1982)) 5 Folk Songs of North America (Alan Lomax (1960)) 6 A Satisfied Mind - The Country Music Life of Porter Wagoner (Steve Eng (1992)) 7 Lefty Frizzell: The Honky-Tonk Life of Country Music's Greatest Singer (Daniel Cooper (1995)) 8 These Shoes Are Killing Me (Duke of Paducah (Whitey Ford)(1947)) 9 David Stone in Sunset Valley — The Story of the KSTP Barn Dance (John Douglas (2007)) 10 Not Just A Sound — The Story of WLW (Dick Perry (1971)) 11 Bluegrass - From the Lonesome Wail Of A mountain Love Song to the to the Hammering Drive of the Scruggs-style Banjo - the Story of an American Musical Tradition (Bob Artis (1975)) 12 From The Bottom Up — The Stonewall Jackson Story (Billy Henson (Compiled & Edited By) (1991)) 13 Among My Klediments (June Carter Cash (1979)) 14 Grand Ole Opry — The Complete Story Of A Great American Institution and its Stars (Chet Hagan (1989)) 15 Still In Love With You — The Story of Hank & Audrey Williams(Lycrecia Williams and Dale Vinicur (1989)) 16 One Armed Banjo Player — Early Years Of Country Music With Emory Martin (Linda Lou Martin (1991)) 17 Jimmie Rodgers — The Life And Times Of America's Blue Yodeler (Nolan Porterfield (1979)) 18 Tommy Hunter — My Story (Tommy Hunter with Liane Heller (1985)) 19 Rambling Blues — The Life And Songs Of Charlie Poole (Kinney Rorrer (1982)) 20 Nashville Music City USA (John Lomax III (1985)) 21 With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow Old-Time Fiddling in Alabama (Joyce H. Cauthen (1989)) 22 Buddy Starcher Biography (Robert H. Cagle (1986)) 23 Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hites (Joel Whitburn (1996)) 24 Hank Snow Story (Jack Owenbey and Bob Burris (1994)) 25 Roy Acuff's Musical Collection At Opryland (Douglas B. Green and George Gruhn (1982)) 26 Classic Country — Legends of Country Music (Charles K. Wolfe (2001)) 27 Stand By Your Man — An Autobiography (Tammy Wynette with Joan Dew (1979)) 28 Spins and Needles — The Bill Mack Story (Bill Mack (1971)) 29 String Bands In The North Carolina Piedmont (Bob Carlin (2004)) 30 It's A Long Way From Chester County (Eddy Arnold (1969))   Top News Pages Visited 2023 1 39th Annual International Country Music Conference Offers Virtual Attendance Option 2 Gordon Edwards Burns, known as Country Boy Eddie, dies at 92 3 Nashville to name street after "Harmonica Wizard" Opry founder DeFord Bailey 4 Obituary: Alvadean Coker 5 Country-TV Singing Star Stan Hitchcock Passes; Co-Founder of CMT 6 Joe Bussard, the collector who preserved early American recordings, has died at 86 7 Opry Crooner Ray Pillow Passes 8 Obituary: Ivan M. Tribe, Author 9 Wanda Gann Rambo, Opry, Country Singer Who Appeared On Louisiana Hayride, Blue Bonnet Barn Dance, Passed Away at 77 10 Bartow Henry, Star of WSB Crossroads Follies 11 Charley Pride Statue Added To Ryman Auditorium's Icon Walk 12 Obituary: Claude Gray (The Tall Texan) Jr. 13 Country Music Hall Of Fame® And Museum Reissues Definitive Biography On Deford Bailey 14 'Queen of the House' singer Jody Miller dead at 80 15 Obituary: Betty Johnson Gray - Last Surviving Member of Johnson Family Singers 16 Nashville Sound Creator Anita Kerr Passes 17 Nashville A-Team Guitarist Ray Edenton Passes 18 Jerry Lee Lewis, 'Great Balls of Fire' singer, dead at 87 19 Joy McKean, Australian Country Music Trailblazer, Dies at 93 20 Loretta Lynn, country music icon, dead at 90 21 Obituary: Don Workman, WRVA Singer 22 Beloved cowboy singer Don Edwards dies at 83 23 Bluegrass Great Jesse McReynolds Passes Away 24 Hillbilly-Music.com In the Spotlight in Country Music Magazine's 30th Anniversary Issue 25 Obituary: Retired Col. Lt. Col Thomas Eugene Bearden 26 Top Pages Visited on Hillbilly-Music.com in 2022 Announced 27 Bluegrass Superstar Bobby Osborne Dies At Age 91 28 Mack Magaha, 'Dancing Fiddle Man,' dies 29 Big John Trimble, Country DJ Hall of Famer, Host of All Night Trucker Show Dead at 84 30 Sunshine Ruby, Star of the KRLD Big D Jamboree, Passes Away at 82   Contact Dave Hillbilly-Music.com news@hillbilly-music.com