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Bradley Kincaid, known as "The Kentucky Mountain Boy," was born at Point Leavell in Garrard County and became radio's pioneer singer of folk songs and ballads in the 1920s-40s. He began in 1926 at Chicago's WLS and later performed on WSM Grand Ole Opry from 1944 to 1950. He recorded over 200 songs, published 13 songbooks, and was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
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