Well attestedNamed from the place
Nashville sound
noun · first attested 20th century
Nashville answered rock and roll by sanding the twang off country music.
A smooth, string-backed style of country music that emerged in the late 1950s.
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Nashville
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Nashville sound
Producers including Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley swapped fiddle and steel guitar for strings and background singers in order to win back a pop audience. The style dominated for a decade and provoked the Bakersfield and outlaw reactions against it.
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