Apr 26, 1952

Country gospel singer Martha Carson joins the Grand Ole Opry

May 3, 1952

Kitty Wells records "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" at the Castle Studio in Nashville during her first session for Decca Records

May 15, 1952

Eddy Arnold records "A Full Time Job" at Brown Brothers Studio in Nashville

May 19, 1952

Hank Snow records "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I" during an evening session in Nashville

May 28, 1952

Forty days after he was hired, Elvis Presley is fired from the Lowe's State Theater in Memphis for fighting with a fellow employee

Jun 13, 1952

Hank Williams records "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)," "Settin' The Woods On Fire" and "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" at the Castle Studio in Nashville

Jun 13, 1952

Jim & Jesse record "Are You Missing Me" in Nashville with Sonny James on fiddle. The song is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

Jun 14, 1952

Hank Williams meets his future wife, Billie Jean Jones, backstage at the Ryman Auditorium during a Grand Ole Opry performance

Jun 16, 1952

Ernest Tubb records "Fortunes In Memories" during an afternoon session at the Castle Studio in Nashville

Jul 5, 1952

The clogging troupe Ralph Sloan & The Tennessee Travelers joins the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium