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Aug 28, 1982

Marty Robbins makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. He performs 15 songs before the evening is over, finishing with "El Paso"

Sep 7, 1982

Songwriter Charlie Silver is found dead in a Shelbyville, Tennessee, motel room, apparently from self-inflicted gunshots. With him is a plaque from Barbara Mandrell's "Standing Room Only," the only hit he wrote

Sep 15, 1982

The World's Fair in Knoxville proclaims Roy Acuff Day

Oct 2, 1982

Doyle Wilburn, of The Wilburn Brothers, performs for the last time on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville

Oct 9, 1982

George Strait makes his Grand Ole Opry debut

Oct 10, 1982

The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame adds Chuck Berry and William J. Hill--a.k.a. George Brown. Hill wrote the classic "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)," while Berry's titles have been remade by several country artists

Oct 11, 1982

Lefty Frizzell, Marty Robbins and music publisher Roy Horton enter the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the 16th annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville

Oct 11, 1982

Alabama wins three honors--Entertainer, Vocal Group and Instrumental Group of the Year--from the Country Music Association during its 16th annual awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville

Oct 16, 1982

Singer/songwriter Doyle Wilburn dies in Nashville. Along with younger sibling Teddy, The Wilburn Brothers were longtime members of the Grand Ole Opry and recorded for Decca Records, where they mounted nearly 15 hits from 1954-1966

Oct 17, 1982

Alcyone Bate Beasley dies from a stroke at Nashville Memorial Hospital. The daughter of Dr. Humphrey Bate, she sang with his band The Possum Hunters in the early days of the Grand Ole Opry. She also provided harmony vocals on Ernest Tubb's version of "Blue Christmas"

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