Country music originated in the United States in the rural areas of the South and West in the early 20th century, drawing from ballads, folk songs, and popular songs of English, Scots, and Irish settlers, as well as minstrel and vaudeville traditions, African American blues, gospel music, and Tin Pan Alley.
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