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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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19299 |
May 4, 1929 |
Banjo player Kirk McGee makes his Grand Ole Opry debut |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19298 |
Mar 31, 1934 |
"Talking blues" specialist Robert Lunn makes his Grand Ole Opry debut |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19297 |
May 30, 1936 |
Following a two-year stay with the program, the blackface comedy duo Lasses & Honey makes its final... |
Hillsboro Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
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19296 |
Apr 21, 1934 |
The blackface comedy duo Lasses & White makes its Grand Ole Opry debut |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19295 |
Oct 16, 1937 |
Bradley Kincaid makes his first guest appearance on the Grand Ole Opry |
Dixie Tabernacle |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19294 |
Jan 7, 1939 |
The blackface comedy duo Jamup & Honey debuts on the Grand Ole Opry |
Dixie Tabernacle |
Nashville |
tn |
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19293 |
Mar 24, 1928 |
Dulcimer player Kitty Cora Cline makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. She becomes the first female... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19292 |
May 26, 1934 |
Fiddler Theron Hale makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, where he has performed... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19291 |
Dec 17, 1927 |
G.W. Wilkerson & His Fruit Jar Drinkers make their debut on the Grand Ole Opry |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
19290 |
Dec 22, 2006 |
Songwriter Dennis Linde dies of a rare lung disease at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center.... |
Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19289 |
Sep 17, 1938 |
The Delmore Brothers make their final Grand Ole Opry appearance as members, performing "What... |
Dixie Tabernacle |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19288 |
Sep 24, 1932 |
Zeke Clements, fiddler Curly Fox and the father-son duo Asher Sizemore and Little Jimmy all make... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19287 |
Aug 5, 1939 |
After 13 years on the radio program, The Binkley Brothers make their final Grand Ole Opry... |
War Memorial Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
19286 |
Jun 27, 1937 |
Pee Wee King & The Golden West Cowboys officially join the Grand Ole Opry |
Dixie Tabernacle |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19285 |
Feb 2, 1935 |
The Missouri Mountaineers, led by guitarist Jack Shook, make their Grand Ole Opry debut. The band... |
Hillsboro Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
19284 |
Mar 5, 1938 |
Grand Ole Opry founder George D. Hay returns to work at WSM Radio after taking a 14-month leave of... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
19283 |
Mar 29, 1941 |
The Grand Ole Opry comedy duo Sarie & Sally gives its last formal performance, forced to stop by... |
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19282 |
Nov 28, 1934 |
The comedy team of Sarie & Sally appears on WSM Radio for the first time. Within weeks, they are... |
Hillsboro Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
19281 |
Jan 26, 1935 |
The comedy duo Sarie & Sally makes its Grand Ole Opry debut |
Hillsboro Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
19280 |
Feb 20, 1938 |
Roy Acuff begins touring with The Delmore Brothers, playing their first show in Dawson Springs,... |
|
Dawson Springs |
ky |
|
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19279 |
Apr 29, 1933 |
The Delmore Brothers make their first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19278 |
Jul 16, 1927 |
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith makes his first documented appearance on the Grand Ole Opry |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19277 |
Dec 4, 1927 |
The male singing trio The Vagabonds makes its first appearance on Chicago's WBBM. The... |
|
Chicago |
il |
|
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19276 |
Oct 5, 1928 |
Grand Ole Opry act The Crook Brothers' String Band records for the first time, with producer Ralph... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19275 |
Oct 3, 1928 |
The Grand Ole Opry's Theron Hale & His Daughters record for the first time, under the guidance of... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19274 |
Apr 5, 1929 |
Victor releases the first single by Grand Ole Opry star Theron Hale |
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19273 |
Feb 8, 1929 |
Victor releases the first singles featuring Grand Ole Opry stars Uncle Joe Mangrum and The Crook... |
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19272 |
Dec 2, 1928 |
Victor issues a two-sided record by The Vaughan Quartet and The Binkley Brothers, the first single... |
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19271 |
May 17, 1929 |
Victor releases The Gully Jumpers' "The Little Red Caboose Behind The Train," the first... |
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19270 |
Oct 1, 1928 |
The Gully Jumpers, led by Paul Warmack, record at the YMCA in Nashville with producer Ralph Peer.... |
YMCA |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19269 |
Jul 22, 1874 |
Obed Pickard is born in Ashland City, Tennessee. Following his 1926 debut on the Grand Ole Opry, he... |
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Ashland City |
tn |
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19268 |
Jul 4, 1934 |
The Grand Ole Opry holds its first successful concert apart from the radio show, as thousands... |
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tn |
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19267 |
Apr 21, 1928 |
Three weeks after he debuted as a fiddler, Ed Poplin's orchestra comes back to the Grand Ole Opry,... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19266 |
Mar 31, 1928 |
Fiddler Ed Poplin makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, playing for a half-hour. Within weeks, he... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19265 |
Dec 24, 1927 |
One of the Grand Ole Opry's hoedown bands, formerly known as Paul Warmack & His Barn Dance... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19264 |
Apr 18, 1927 |
Harmonica player DeFord Bailey records "Pan American Blues" in New York. The record is listed in... |
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New York |
ny |
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19263 |
Apr 1, 1927 |
DeFord Bailey has his first recording session, cutting "Pan American Blues" and... |
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Atlanta |
ga |
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19262 |
Dec 6, 1925 |
Harmonica player DeFord Bailey--destined to be a Grand Ole Opry star--makes what's believed to be... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19261 |
Apr 17, 1926 |
Uncle Dave Macon officially joins the Grand Ole Opry |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19260 |
Nov 6, 1925 |
Uncle Dave Macon, Sid Harkreader and Dr. Humphrey Bate perform at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in a... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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19259 |
Dec 17, 1876 |
Fiddler Henry Bandy is born in Macon County, Tennessee. He becomes one of the early soloists on the... |
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Macon County |
tn |
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19258 |
Jan 13, 1932 |
Grand Ole Opry member Uncle Joe Mangrum dies, one day after suffering a heart attack at his... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19257 |
Jun 30, 1928 |
Fiddler Uncle Joe Mangrum makes his Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville. He becomes a regular on the... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19256 |
Jan 20, 1927 |
Columbia releases the first single by Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Jimmy Thompson, "Karo" backed with... |
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19255 |
Jul 3, 1926 |
Uncle Jimmy Thompson plays his fiddle on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, marking a return to the show... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19254 |
Oct 25, 1925 |
Fiddler Oscar Stone joins Dr. Humphrey Bate's group, The Possum Hunters, which soon becomes one of... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19253 |
Dec 20, 1925 |
A photo of Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters appears in Nashville's morning paper, The... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19252 |
Sep 18, 1925 |
Dr. Humphrey Bate makes his radio debut on Nashville's WDAD. One month later, he similarly appears... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19251 |
Nov 2, 1928 |
WBAW Radio debuts in Nashville. The station airs a Friday night country music show, "The Capitol... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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19250 |
Nov 28, 1926 |
Nashville radio station WLAC signs on the air, competing for the city's hillbilly talent with WSM... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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