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The Birmingham News is shaking down a field of 64 to determine Alabama’s top musical icon. Check out the field and be amazed. Say what you like about my old state – God knows I do – but you have to concede that the Heart of Dixie punches well above its weight when it comes to American music in the 20th century, from W.C. Handy to American Idol.