Examples of hillbilly music in a Sentence
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Instructed to write hillbilly music for hardscrabble whites, and racy R&B for the working-class black crowd, Q began to sell traditional country under the table using his mother’s name — even to one of the labels’ presidents, for his other artists to perform.
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Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
Advertisement And yet, hillbilly music developed an audience among both Black and white listeners, predominantly but not exclusively in the South.
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Time,
6 Dec. 2025
Recognizing the commercial impact of country music on his state, Clement launched a public relations campaign to shake off the genre’s previous reputation as hillbilly music and pitch it as a respectable style for modern mid-century consumers.
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Joseph M. Thompson / Made By History,
TIME,
6 June 2024
In Their Own Words This new episode of the documentary series profiles guitarist Chuck Berry and how his blend of hillbilly music and R&B helped create the music that became rock ‘n’ roll.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 July 2021
Olson writes that the Bristol Sessions were one of the first times a producer had traveled to a rural area to record the hillbilly music sound.
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Kat Eschner,
Smithsonian,
4 Aug. 2017
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Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
Advertisement And yet, hillbilly music developed an audience among both Black and white listeners, predominantly but not exclusively in the South.
—
Time,
6 Dec. 2025
Recognizing the commercial impact of country music on his state, Clement launched a public relations campaign to shake off the genre’s previous reputation as hillbilly music and pitch it as a respectable style for modern mid-century consumers.
—
Joseph M. Thompson / Made By History,
TIME,
6 June 2024
In Their Own Words This new episode of the documentary series profiles guitarist Chuck Berry and how his blend of hillbilly music and R&B helped create the music that became rock ‘n’ roll.
—
Los Angeles Times,
27 July 2021
Olson writes that the Bristol Sessions were one of the first times a producer had traveled to a rural area to record the hillbilly music sound.
—
Kat Eschner,
Smithsonian,
4 Aug. 2017
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“Hillbilly music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hillbilly%20music. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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