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Carl Perkins
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Warren Smith
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Billy Lee Riley
89,880 listeners
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Sonny Burgess
50,645 listeners
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Sanford Clark
44,216 listeners
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Wanda Jackson
468,047 listeners
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Link Wray
393,809 listeners
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Gene Vincent
363,338 listeners
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