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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:musician
gptkb:person
gptkb:singer
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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Country Music Hall of Fame inductee
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1921-08-08
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:Webb_Michael_Pierce
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:West_Monroe,_Louisiana,_USA
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Woodlawn_Memorial_Park_Cemetery,_Nashville
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Debra_Pierce
gptkb:Michael_Webb_Pierce_Jr.
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1991-02-24
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee,_USA
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Country
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Webb Pierce
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:George_Jones
gptkb:Charley_Pride
Buck Owens
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Hank_Williams
Jimmie Rodgers
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Grand_Ole_Opry
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:guitar
vocals
Known for flamboyant Nudie suits and custom cars
One of the most popular honky-tonk vocalists of the 1950s
Had more number one hits than any other country artist during the 1950s
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Why_Baby_Why
gptkb:Back_Street_Affair
gptkb:I_Ain't_Never
gptkb:In_the_Jailhouse_Now
gptkb:There_Stands_the_Glass
gptkb:More_and_More
Slowly
Wondering
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gptkbp:numberOneHits
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13
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:singer
songwriter
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gptkbp:recordLabel
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gptkb:Decca_Records
gptkb:Starday_Records
gptkb:Four_Star_Records
RCA Victor
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gptkbp:signature
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custom 1962 Pontiac Bonneville
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Betty_Jane_Lewis
gptkb:Carolyn_Sue_Woolley
Audrey Greisham
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.webbpierce.net/
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gptkbp:yearsActive
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1949–1982
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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