Emerged in the 1950s with the idea of broadening the audience of Country by adding Pop elements.
Genre
Vermilion Sands 
Nashville Sound
a sub-genre of: Country Pop
see also: 
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Freebase • 
Music Brainz • 
Rate Your Music • 
WikiData • 
Wikipedia
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