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Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of United States , such as folk music ( especially Appalachian folk music ), and blues music . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history . Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " country music " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly music "; it came to encompass Western music , which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " country music " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins of country music are the folk music of working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities . In ___MASK9___ country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States . Richard Starkey , ( born ___MASK4___ July 1940 ), known professionally as Ringo Starr , is an English musician , singer , songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles . He occasionally sang lead vocals , usually for one song on an album , including " With a Little Help from My Friends ", " Yellow Submarine " and their cover of " Act Naturally ". He also wrote the Beatles ' songs " Don ' t Pass Me By " and " Octopus ' s Garden ", and is credited as a co - writer of others , including " What Goes On " and " Flying ". " Act Naturally " is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison , originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos , whose version reached number ___MASK73___ on the " Billboard " Country Singles chart in ___MASK99___ , his first chart - topper . In 2002 , Shelly Fabian of About . com ranked the song number 169 on her list of the Top 500 Country Music Songs . Susan Kay " Suzi " Quatro ( born 3 June ___MASK83___ ) is an American glam rock singer - songwriter , multi - instrumentalist and actress . She was the first female bass player to become a major rock star , breaking a barrier to women ' s participation in rock music . " Octopus ' s Garden " is a song by the Beatles written and sung by Ringo Starr ( credited to his real name Richard Starkey ) from the Beatles ' ___MASK57___ album " Abbey Road ". George Harrison , who assisted Starr with the song , commented : "' Octopus ' s Garden ' is Ringo ' s song . It ' s only the second song Ringo has ever written , mind you , and it ' s lovely ." He added that the song gets very deep into your consciousness "... because it ' s so peaceful . I suppose Ringo is writing cosmic songs these days without even realising it ." It was the last song released by the Beatles featuring Starr on lead vocals . Christopher Hamill ( born ___MASK59___ December ___MASK55___ ), better known by his stage name Limahl ( an anagram of Hamill ), is an English pop singer . He rose to fame as the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Kajagoogoo , before embarking on a briefly successful solo career , which reached its peak with the 1984 hit " The NeverEnding Story ", the theme song for the film of the same name . Bellaphon Records is an independent German record label . Their artists have included Geordie , Limahl , Johnny Cash , Ringo Starr , Suzi Quatro , Nektar , Merger and Ganymed . Bellaphon were founded in 1961 by Branislav ( `` Branco '' ) Zivanovic . They are headquartered in Frankfurt . The company runs the labels Bellaphon , Bacillus and L & R . Bellaphon has recorded artists like The Flippers , Franz Lambert , FAHRENHEIT 212 and the Böhse Onkelz . " With a Little Help from My Friends " is a song by the Beatles , written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , from the album " Sgt . Pepper ' s Lonely Hearts Club Band " issued worldwide in ___MASK67___ . The song was written for and sung by the Beatles ' drummer Ringo Starr as the character " Billy Shears ". The song , paired with " Sgt . Pepper ' s Lonely Hearts Club Band " and featuring " A Day in the Life " as its B - side , was reissued as a single in the U . S . in August 1978 (# 71 ) and in the U . K . in September 1978 (# 63 ). " With a Little Help from My Friends " was ranked No . 311 on " Rolling Stone " s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . The Beatles were an English rock band , formed in Liverpool in ___MASK43___ . With members John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era . Rooted in skiffle , beat , and 1950s rock and roll , the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles , ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock , often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways . In the early 1960s , their enormous popularity first emerged as " Beatlemania ", but as the group ' s music grew in sophistication , led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney , they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s . Johnny Cash ( born J . R . Cash ; February 26 , ___MASK42___  September ___MASK25___ , 2003 ) was an American singer - songwriter , guitarist , actor , and author . He was widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and one of the best - selling music artists of all time , having sold more than 90 million records worldwide . Although primarily remembered as a country music icon , his genre - spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll , rockabilly , blues , folk , and gospel . This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of multiple inductions in the Country Music , Rock and Roll , and Gospel Music Halls of Fame . Kajagoogoo are a British new wave band , best known for their hit single , " Too Shy ", which reached No . ___MASK73___ in the UK Singles Chart , and the Top 10 in numerous other countries .