Aiken, Clay (Chapel Hill)
Runner-up to Ruben Studdard on American Idol 2003
Famous Musicians from North Carolina
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Amos, Tori (Newton)
Pop virtuoso piano player and singer -
Church, Eric (Granite Falls)
The country singer who did "Drink in My Hand" -
Coltrane, John (Hamlet)
Innovative sax player and composer -
Daniels, Charlie (Wilmington)
The fiddle player who did "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" -
Fargo, Donna (Mount Airy)
She had the 1972 hit "Happiest Girl in The Whole USA" -
Flack, Roberta (Black Mountain)
Singer of Killing Me Softly -
Monk, Thelonious (Rocky Mount)
Influential and idiosyncratic bop jazz pianist -
Roach, Max (New Land)
Bebop drummer and bandleader with Clifford Brown -
Simone, Nina (Tryon)
Eclectic singer of "I Loves You Porgy" and "Mississippi Goddam" -
Travis, Randy (Marshville)
Country-Gospel singer of "Three Wooden Crosses" -
Watson, Doc (Deep Gap)
The blind folk guitarist with the distinctive flat-picking style