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- Al_Hopkins abstract "Albert Green Hopkins (1889 – October 21, 1932) (Al Hopkins) was an American musician, a pioneer of what later came to be called country music; in 1925 he originated the earlier designation of this music as \"hillbilly music\", though not without qualms about its pejorative connotation.Hopkins played piano, an unusual instrument for Appalachian music. The members of the band that brought him to fame (which was known by several names: The Hill Billies, Al Hopkins' Original Hill Billies, and Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters) came variously from Hopkins' own Watauga County, North Carolina, and from Grayson and Carroll Counties in Virginia. Although the group formed up in 1924 in Galax, Virginia, they were based in Washington, D.C., and performed regularly on WRC. In 1927 they became the first country musicians to perform in New York City. They were also the first to play for a president of the United States (Calvin Coolidge, at a Press Correspondents' gathering) and the first to appear in a movie (a 15-minute Warner Bros./Vitaphone short released along with Al Jolson's The Singing Fool).".
- Al_Hopkins alias "Hopkins, Albert Green".
- Al_Hopkins birthDate "1889".
- Al_Hopkins birthPlace North_Carolina.
- Al_Hopkins birthPlace Watauga_County,_North_Carolina.
- Al_Hopkins birthYear "1889".
- Al_Hopkins deathDate "1932-10-21".
- Al_Hopkins deathPlace Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins deathPlace Winchester,_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins deathYear "1932".
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- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Calvin_Coolidge.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Carroll_County,_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Category:1889_births.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Category:1932_deaths.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Accidental_deaths_in_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_country_pianists.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musicians_from_North_Carolina.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musicians_from_Washington,_D.C..
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Watauga_County,_North_Carolina.
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- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Galax,_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Gap_Creek,_North_Carolina.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Grayson_County,_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Guitar.
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- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
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- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Vocalion_Records.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink WRC_(radio).
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Warner_Bros..
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Washington,_D.C..
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Watauga_County,_North_Carolina.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink White_Top_Gap,_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLink Winchester,_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLinkText "Al Hopkins & Bucklebusters".
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLinkText "Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters".
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLinkText "Al Hopkins".
- Al_Hopkins wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Hill Billies".
- Al_Hopkins alternativeNames "Hopkins, Albert Green".
- Al_Hopkins dateOfBirth "1889".
- Al_Hopkins dateOfDeath "1932-10-21".
- Al_Hopkins name "Hopkins, Al".
- Al_Hopkins placeOfBirth "Watauga County, North Carolina, United States".
- Al_Hopkins placeOfDeath "Winchester, Virginia, United States".
- Al_Hopkins shortDescription "American Hillbillies musician".
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- Al_Hopkins description "American Hillbillies musician".
- Al_Hopkins description "American Hillbillies musician".
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:1889_births.
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:1932_deaths.
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:Accidental_deaths_in_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:American_country_pianists.
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:Musicians_from_North_Carolina.
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:Musicians_from_Washington,_D.C..
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:People_from_Watauga_County,_North_Carolina.
- Al_Hopkins subject Category:Road_accident_deaths_in_Virginia.
- Al_Hopkins hypernym Musician.
- Al_Hopkins type Agent.
- Al_Hopkins type MusicalArtist.