Which Classic Country Singer Are You?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Which Classic Country Singer Are You?
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About This Quiz

Everyone loves Nashville's modern musical output - but today's stars owe a great deal to the song-makers of yesteryear. Which of these greats do you take after the most?
What sort of voice do you have?
Twangy tenor
Baritone
Alto
Soprano

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What instrument do you play?
Guitar and fiddle
Piano and guitar
Guitar
Piano, dulcimer, drums, banjo, autoharp, and guitar

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What's one major topic that you sing about?
Drinking
Prison
Contraception
Love

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How widely are you famous?
All over the world
In the English-speaking world
America only
Probably the entire universe

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Who would play you in a movie?
Tom Hiddleston
Joaquin Phoenix
Sissy Spacek
No one could ever do me justice

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What's a hit song from you?
"Hey Good Lookin'"
"Ring of Fire"
"The Pill"
"9 to 5"

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When did you get famous?
40's
Late 50's
Late 60's
Late 60's and early 70's

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Who do you think is inspired by you?
Every man in country music
Keith Urban
Gretchen Wilson
Every woman in country music

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What's another major topic you sing about?
Love
Drugs
Family
Working

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What's your signature look?
White hat
Black hat
Tassel shirt
Wig, high heels with open toes and pantyhose, lots of glitter

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What's a nickname of yours?
Hillbilly Shakespeare
The Man in Black
Honky Tonk Girl
Backwoods Barbie

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How many singles did you release?
35
153
70
104

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Who do you sing with?
Mostly on my own, sometimes with a band
My wife
Various partners
My fans

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How many kids do you want?
Two
Five
Six
None

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What cause do you support?
Helping veterans
Addiction treatment
Women's empowerment
Childhood literacy

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Have you ever changed your name?
Yes, I go by a nickname in place of my first name.
Yes, when I joined the military.
Yes, I changed it when I married.
Not professionally

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What problem have you faced?
Polygamy
Addiction
Domestic abuse
Everything really

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When was your peak success?
40's and 50's
50's and 60's
60's and 70's
70's and 80's

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What is your autobiography?
"The Show He Never Gave"
"Walk the Line"
"Coal Miner's Daughter"
"Coat of Many Colors"

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Did you ever win the Oscar?
Nope
No, but someone won a few for making a movie about me.
1976
Yes, way later than I should have.

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How about a Grammy?
11
20
4
11 so far

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How many albums do you have, including compilations?
81
96
70
236

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Where are you from?
Alabama
Arksansas
Kentucky
Tennessee

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Where would you like to die?
West Virginia
Nashville, Tennesse
Probably Kentucky
A rural part of Tennessee

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Where would you like to live?
Greenville, Alabama
Memphis, Tennessee
Mexico
Any place in Tennessee

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What's something people don't know about you?
My real name was Hiram.
I write novels.
I'm good friends with Patsy Cline.
My parents paid the midwife in oatmeal.

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What modern country song might you sing?
"Back When"
"Get Drunk And Be Somebody"
"Here For The Party"
"What Would Dolly Do?"

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What modern country artist are you similar to on the face of it, but actually very unlike in worldview?
Rascal Flatts
Josh Gracin
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood

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What genre of music might you be into if you'd been born much later?
Rock 'n' roll
Rock
Pop
Musical theater

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Who disapproves of your music?
ESPN, briefly
Christians, funnily enough
Fundamentalists
Donald Trump, probably

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