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Keith Whitley

During his successful yet brief career as a solo performer, American singer-songwriter Keith Whitley (July 1, 1954) managed to score an impressive slew of Number 1 hit singles that dominated the country airwaves before his untimely death in 1989. Born in Ashland but raised in Sandy Hook, the Kentucky native was just 8 when picked up the guitar and by the time he was a teenager, he was already playing in a bluegrass band named The Lonesome Mountain Boys with high school friend Ricky Skaggs. The group caught the attention of legendary bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley, who invited W...