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Keith Whitley: The Voice That Changed Country Music Forever Five straight Number Ones and a voice that cost him everything to produce.
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Was Garth Brooks Good or Bad for Country Music? He sold more records than almost anyone alive — but was he the genre's savior or the man who cracked the door?
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