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    • May 12, 1901
    Comedian Whitey Ford is born in DeSoto, Missouri. Nicknamed the Duke of Paducah, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s and is subsequently added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1986
    Sep 22, 1951
    Lefty Frizzell headlines one of country music's first stadium shows, at Griffith Park in Washington, D.C. The lineup also features Ernest Tubb, Flatt & Scruggs, Moon Mullican, Carl Smith and the Duke of Paducah, drawing 14,000 fans
    Jan 17, 1960
    Carl Smith, Minnie Pearl and Webb Pierce lead a Louisville benefit for Red Sovine and his band, weeks after a major car accident. Also appearing are Mel Tillis, George Hamilton IV, Kitty Wells, Bobby Helms, Stonewall Jackson and the Duke of Paducah
    Nov 2, 1963
    "Country Music On Broadway" premieres in Nashville. The movie features Whitey Ford, Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Drusky, Audrey Williams, Ralph Emery, The Anita Kerr Singers, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Merle Kilgore and The Wilburn Brothers, among others
    Jan 16, 1964
    Jimmy Dean sings "Sugarfoot Rag" as he introduces his guests, including Johnny Tillotson and the Duke Of Paducah, on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." Tillotson performs "Talk Back Trembling Lips" and "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'." Dean also covers "Blue Shadows On The Trail" and does "Mockingbird Hill" with Jane Morgan
    May 11, 1966
    "The Las Vegas Hillbillys" makes its debut in theaters. The movie features Ferlin Husky, Jayne Mansfield, Don Bowman, Wilma Burgess, Del Reeves, Connie Smith, Roy Drusky, Sonny James, the Duke of Paducah and Bill Anderson, who performs "Bright Lights And Country Music"
    Sep 17, 1977
    Mel Tillis performs "What Did I Promise Her Last Night" in the season premiere of the syndicated "Hee Haw." Susan Raye and The Duke Of Paducah guest. Buck Owens revisits his hit "Think Of Me" and Roy Clark leads a group that includes Roni Stoneman, Grandpa Jones and Buck Trent on "Company's Comin'"
    Jun 20, 1986
    Benjamin "Whitey" Ford, "The Duke Of Paducah," dies in Nashville. A leading country comedian for more than 25 years, the Grand Ole Opry star sold many of his jokes to "Hee Haw." He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 1986
    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
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