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Country Music Legend Dead at 74: ‘We Lost a GIANT in the Music Industry’

John Wesley Ryles had numerous hits from the late 1960s to 1980s and was a top background vocalist for over 25 Country Music Hall of Fame artists, officials said.

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He began his career as a teenager and churned out a string of hits.

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‘We lost a giant in the music industry’: Country music mogul dies at 74

John Wesley Ryles, a prolific country music entertainer with tons of hits from the late 1960s through the 1980s, died Sunday, Nov. 2. He was 74.

·Springfield, United States
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Country music legend dead at 74: ‘We lost a GIANT in the music industry’

He began his career as a teenager and churned out a string of hits.

·Harrisburg, United States
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Beloved Country Singer John Wesley Ryles Has Died - Saving Country...

John Wesley Ryles passed away on Sunday, November 2nd at the age of 74, leaving behind a huge, if somewhat unheralded legacy from being the other singer on so many timeless country classics.

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Penn Live broke the news in Harrisburg, United States on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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