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Mar 8, 1974

Jim Ed Brown records "It's That Time Of Night" during an afternoon session at RCA Studio B in Nashville

Mar 9, 1974

The Grand Ole Opry gives its final Saturday night performance at the Ryman Auditorium before moving to new digs, at the Grand Ole Opry House. Marty Robbins delivers the last set on a night that also features Hank Snow's "Hello Love," Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn" and Bobby Bare & Bobby Bare Jr.'s "Daddy What If"

Mar 9, 1974

Bobby Goldsboro and Lynn Anderson participate in WSM-TV's United Cerebral Palsy Telethon at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium

Mar 11, 1974

Ray Stevens records "The Streak" in Nashville

Mar 12, 1974

Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass hold the last of five recording sessions at Nashville's RCA Studio B for the album "The Nashville Grass In Blue Grass Country," destined to receive a Grammy nomination

Mar 13, 1974

Larry Gatlin records his first hit, "Delta Dirt," during a pair of three-hour recording sessions at Monument Studio in Nashville

Mar 15, 1974

The Grand Ole Opry is staged at the Ryman Auditorium for the last time before moving to the Grand Ole Opry House. Charlie Walker and Bill Anderson forget the words to songs as they bid adieu to the venue. The night ends with a mass rendition of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

Mar 16, 1974

The Grand Ole Opry gives its first performance at the new Grand Ole Opry House. President Richard Nixon appears at the event. Roy Acuff, who gives Nixon a yo-yo demonstration, is the first performer, doing "Wabash Cannonball." The rest of the Opry cast appears alphabetically, beginning with Bill Anderson

Mar 19, 1974

Mel Tillis records "Stomp Them Grapes" in Nashville

Mar 20, 1974

Tommy Overstreet records "I'm A Believer" and "If I Miss You Again Tonight" in an evening session at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios

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