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    • 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 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 30, 1974
    The Earl Scruggs Revue appears on the Grand Ole Opry as members for the last time. Their material for the night includes "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," "I Shall Be Released" and "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)"
    May 4, 1974
    Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton make what is billed as their last duet appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
    Jun 10, 1974
    Tom T. Hall quits the Grand Ole Opry over a conflict about the use of horns. Hall had played the Opry three days earlier and "didn't feel right" about not using his band
    Jun 28, 1974
    Paul McCartney is introduced to fans at the Grand Ole Opry by Roy Acuff. The former Beatle is on an extended vacation in Nashville, staying at a house owned by songwriter Curly Putman
    Oct 25, 1974
    The Pointer Sisters perform "Fairytale" as they make their Grand Ole Opry debut
    Jan 4, 1975
    The Grand Ole Opry celebrates Hank Snow's 25th anniversary as a member
    Feb 8, 1975
    Little Jimmy Dickens returns to the Grand Ole Opry, 18 years after he resigned from the show. Dickens had departed because he was being sponsored by a company that rivaled an Opry advertiser



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