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    • Aug 15, 1997
    The Ranch, a three-piece band that features singer/guitarist Keith Urban, makes its Grand Ole Opry debut
    Aug 22, 1997
    Mark Wills performs "Jacob's Ladder" in his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He says of the experience, "It's kinda like walkin' on God's stage"
    Sep 20, 1997
    During an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, Johnny Paycheck receives an invitation from Opry general manager Bob Whittaker to join the cast
    Oct 18, 1997
    Six days after John Denver's death, Vince Gill honors the singer by performing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on the Grand Ole Opry
    Oct 31, 1997
    Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright appear on the Grand Ole Opry with son Bobby Wright as they celebrate their 60th anniversary. Wells gives a solo rendition of "Makin' Believe" and does one verse of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
    Nov 1, 1997
    But there are SIX of them! Grandpa Jones mistakenly introduces "Diamond Trio" on the Grand Ole Opry. Diamond Rio performs a pair songs, including its first hit, "Meet In The Middle"
    Nov 8, 1997
    Johnny Paycheck is inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry, singing "Take This Job And Shove It" and "A-11." Bryan White also debuts his single, "One Small Miracle," with songwriter Steve Wariner providing backing vocals
    Dec 7, 1997
    The Lynns make their Grand Ole Opry debut as a recording act. Peggy Lynn wears the same turquoise dress their mother, Loretta Lynn, wore when she made her first Opry appearance in 1960
    Dec 14, 1997
    LeAnn Rimes makes her acting debut in the ABC-TV movie "Holiday In Your Heart." Bernadette Peters plays fictitious Grand Ole Opry star Faith Shawn
    Dec 31, 1997
    Nashville's Opryland theme park, named for the Grand Ole Opry, closes, to make way for the 2000 opening of the Opry Mills shopping mall



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