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    • May 25, 1875
    Dr. Humphrey Bate is born in Sumner County, Tennessee. His band, The Possum Hunters, is the first to play country music on WSM, which becomes the home of the Grand Ole Opry. The Possum Hunters are part of the Opry for its first decade
    Dec 17, 1876
    Fiddler Henry Bandy is born in Macon County, Tennessee. He becomes one of the early soloists on the Grand Ole Opry after its inception in 1925 but stays with the program less than three years
    Apr 16, 1877
    Neill Acuff is born in Maynardville, Tennessee. At age 26, he fathers Roy Acuff
    Mar 23, 1879
    John Carson, at age 11, brings a fiddle to a political rally in Copperhill, Tennessee. As a diversion from speeches, the boy is asked to play "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane." He is nicknamed Fiddlin' John Carson, and becomes a country pioneer
    Oct 21, 1879
    Ida Florence Carr is born in Maynardville, Tennessee. At age 23, she gives birth to future country star Roy Acuff
    Oct 8, 1882
    Harry McClintock is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He comes to fame as a radio personality in San Francisco, then goes on to record the classic "The Big Rock Candy Mountains," which is revived on the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
    Nov 11, 1887
    Guitarist Burt Hutcherson is born in Williamson County, Tennessee. He joins The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that plays on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years beginning in 1927. The group is also the first act to hold a recording session for Victor Records in Nashville
    Aug 16, 1889
    Guitarist Paul Warmack is born in Whites Creek, Tennessee. He forms The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that appears on the Grand Ole Opry from 1927 to the '70s, and becomes the first Victor act to record in Nashville
    Nov 30, 1889
    Vito Pellettieri is born in Nashville. Beginning in 1934, he assists George D. Hay in organizing the Grand Ole Opry in his longtime role as stage manager. Pellettieri also co-writes Roy Acuff's 1948 hit "Unloved And Unclaimed"
    Jul 9, 1890
    Songwriter Hy Heath is born in Oakville, Tennessee. His credits include Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Mule Train," Ray Price's "Run Boy," Louis Jordan's "Deacon Jones" and Hank Williams' "Take These Chains From My Heart"
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