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Event |
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City |
StateID |
Option |
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11949 |
Mar 19, 1950 |
Roy Acuff begins a 10-day tour of Alaska with shows for U.S. military personnel, sponsored by the... |
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ak |
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11948 |
Nov 27, 1949 |
A two-week Grand Ole Opry tour of American military bases in Europe, sponsored by the Air Force,... |
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11947 |
Oct 23, 1992 |
Roy Acuff performs on both shows at the Grand Ole Opry. It proves to be his final appearance on the... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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11946 |
Dec 31, 2014 |
Blake Shelton performs during "NBC's New Year's Eve With Carson Daly," joined in the lineup by... |
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11945 |
Dec 8, 1991 |
Roy Acuff is the first country artist recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors, attended by... |
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11944 |
Dec 8, 1991 |
Roy Acuff is the first country artist recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors, attended by... |
Kennedy Center |
Washington |
dc |
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11943 |
Dec 9, 1987 |
A TV special honors recipients of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. Roy Acuff and the late... |
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11942 |
Oct 19, 1985 |
Roy Acuff performs "I'll Fly Away" and "Night Train To Memphis" on the Grand... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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11941 |
Sep 15, 1985 |
For his 82nd birthday, Roy Acuff is sent by WSM Radio to Atlanta, where he sits in owner Ted... |
Fulton County Stadium |
Atlanta |
ga |
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11940 |
May 28, 1985 |
Roy Acuff sells Acuff-Rose Music--including songs written by Hank Williams, Don Gibson, Roy... |
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11939 |
Jul 28, 1984 |
Roy Acuff is released from the hospital after an 11-day stay, following severe chest pains caused... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11938 |
Jul 17, 1984 |
Roy Acuff is hospitalized for 11 days when a bout with angina causes chest pains |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11937 |
Jul 8, 1984 |
Roy Acuff returns home after a week of hospitalization with angina |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11936 |
Sep 14, 1991 |
Linda Demonbreun, daughter of Smoky Mountain Boys Dobro player Bashful Brother Oswald, dies in... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11935 |
Jul 20, 1980 |
Rachel Veach, a former banjo player for Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, dies of breast cancer in... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11934 |
May 15, 1983 |
Bashful Brother Oswald marries Euneta Orene Adams at the former home of the Grand Ole Opry,... |
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11933 |
Jul 8, 1981 |
Less than a month after the death of Roy Acuff's wife, Lola Oswald, the wife of Smoky Mountain Boy... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11932 |
Mar 16, 1983 |
CBS-TV shoots a special at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall, celebrating the Country Music... |
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11931 |
Mar 16, 1983 |
CBS-TV shoots a special at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall, celebrating the Country Music... |
Constitution Hall |
Washington |
dc |
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11930 |
Jun 12, 1982 |
Jimmie Riddle, of the Smoky Mountain Boys, undergoes surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital.... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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11929 |
May 29, 1982 |
Harmonica player Jimmie Riddle, of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, passes out between Grand Ole... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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11928 |
Mar 1, 1982 |
Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Gene Autry and Charlie Daniels are among the numerous... |
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11927 |
Feb 24, 1982 |
Roy Acuff records eight songs in a Nashville studio, including a duet with Boxcar Willie,... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11926 |
Sep 20, 1981 |
Nashville mayor Richard Fulton announces that two blocks of Hawkins Street on Music Row will be... |
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11925 |
Jun 19, 1981 |
Services are held for Mildred Acuff, wife of Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff, at the... |
Phillips-Robinson funeral home |
Nashville |
tn |
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11924 |
Oct 25, 1972 |
Roy Acuff becomes a grandfather when Roy Neill Acuff's son, Alex Wolfgang Acuff, is born in... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11923 |
Oct 23, 1965 |
Roy Acuff Jr. makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, introduced by his legendary father. On an encore,... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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11922 |
Sep 30, 1965 |
Roy Acuff Jr. makes his first recordings, covering his father's "Wabash Cannonball" during a... |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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11921 |
Feb 25, 2002 |
Buddy and Julie Miller appear in Los Angeles as a duo for the first time, performing at the Roxy... |
Roxy Theatre |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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11920 |
Oct 13, 1976 |
Roy Acuff is hospitalized in Nashville. Eight days later, his gall bladder is removed |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11919 |
Sep 16, 1968 |
Roy Acuff is named the head of the Tennessee Citizens For Nixon-Agnew Committee, as Richard Nixon... |
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tn |
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11918 |
Nov 23, 1948 |
Filming wraps on the movie "Home In San Antone," starring Roy Acuff |
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11917 |
Jul 31, 1948 |
Filming ends on "Smoky Mountain Melody," starring Roy Acuff |
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11916 |
Mar 9, 1968 |
Irene Ryan, who plays Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies," is a special guest on the Grand Ole Opry |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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11915 |
Sep 17, 1969 |
Roy Acuff's mother, Ida Acuff, dies at the Hendersonville Nursing Home in Tennessee
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Hendersonville Nursing Home |
Hendersonville |
tn |
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11914 |
Jun 6, 1966 |
From one Hall of Famer to another: Roy Acuff records an entire album in one day, "For The First... |
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11913 |
Jun 6, 1966 |
From one Hall of Famer to another: Roy Acuff records an entire album in one day, "For The First... |
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11912 |
Jan 1, 1952 |
Wesley Rose, future Country Music Hall of Famer, is cut in on the family business, as father Fred... |
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11911 |
Jul 10, 1967 |
Roy Acuff and Wesley Rose attend as Acuff-Rose opens a new, multi-million-dollar building on... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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11910 |
May 18, 1985 |
U.S. vice president George Bush makes a brief appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, offering a hug to... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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11909 |
Mar 1, 1982 |
NBC-TV's "Roy Acuff--50 Years The King Of Country Music" features a raft of stars, including Merle... |
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11908 |
Jul 31, 1965 |
Three weeks after a near-fatal car crash, Roy Acuff begins using crutches |
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11907 |
Jul 22, 1965 |
Following a near-fatal car wreck 12 days earlier, Roy Acuff cancels all his remaining dates for the... |
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11906 |
Feb 13, 1967 |
The Grand Ole Opry visits Reno. Roy Acuff heads a group of Opry members who make a stand at... |
Harrah's |
Reno |
nv |
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11905 |
Dec 17, 1963 |
Roy Acuff begins a four-week stand at The Mint in Las Vegas |
The Mint |
Las Vegas |
nv |
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11904 |
Mar 5, 1963 |
Roy Acuff declines a flight in a small airplane that would return him from Kansas City to... |
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11903 |
Jan 25, 1938 |
The Dixon Brothers record the first version of the Roy Acuff classic "Wreck On The Highway" during... |
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Charlotte |
nc |
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11902 |
Oct 29, 1957 |
After recording for Columbia and Capitol, Roy Acuff holds his first recording session for Hickory... |
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11901 |
Aug 5, 1961 |
Jackie Phelps debuts as a guitarist with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys during a show in Altamont,... |
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Altamont |
il |
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11900 |
Sep 30, 1960 |
Guitarist June Stearns debuts as a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
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