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    • Feb 11, 1918
    Publishing executive Wesley Rose is born in Chicago. The son of Acuff-Rose Music founder Fred Rose, he joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986, after playing a role in the careers of The Everly Brothers, Hank Williams and Marty Robbins
    Nov 16, 1940
    Music publisher Wesley Rose marries Margaret Erdelyan
    Jan 1, 1952
    Wesley Rose, future Country Music Hall of Famer, is cut in on the family business, as father Fred Rose gives him part of his share of Acuff-Rose, a publishing company he built with Roy Acuff
    Jul 10, 1967
    Roy Acuff and Wesley Rose attend as Acuff-Rose opens a new, multi-million-dollar building on Franklin Road in Nashville
    Sep 17, 1968
    Funeral services are held in Nashville for Roy Orbison's two sons, Dewayne and Tony Orbison, who died in a fire three days earlier. In attendance are Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Leroy Van Dyke and manager Wesley Rose
    Oct 13, 1986
    Music publisher and producer Wesley Rose and late comedian "Whitey" Ford--the Duke of Paducah--are enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame during the 20th annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Apr 26, 1990
    Wesley Rose dies in Nashville. A partner in the Acuff-Rose publishing firm founded by his father, Fred Rose, Wesley worked with The Everly Brothers, Boudleaux Bryant and Roy Orbison, earning induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986
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