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Jul 16, 1927
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith makes his first documented appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
Dec 10, 1927
"The WSM Barn Dance" officially becomes The Grand Ole Opry
Dec 17, 1927
G.W. Wilkerson & His Fruit Jar Drinkers make their debut on the Grand Ole Opry
Dec 24, 1927
One of the Grand Ole Opry's hoedown bands, formerly known as Paul Warmack & His Barn Dance Orchestra, works the show for the first time as The Gully Jumpers
Mar 24, 1928
Dulcimer player Kitty Cora Cline makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. She becomes the first female soloist to perform on the show
Mar 31, 1928
Fiddler Ed Poplin makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, playing for a half-hour. Within weeks, he organizes a full band that becomes a regular part of the show
Apr 21, 1928
Three weeks after he debuted as a fiddler, Ed Poplin's orchestra comes back to the Grand Ole Opry, where the group makes regular appearances for the next nine years
Jun 30, 1928
Fiddler Uncle Joe Mangrum makes his Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville. He becomes a regular on the show the following year
Sep 22, 1928
The Grand Ole Opry is cancelled for one night, as WSM airs a speech by Republican senator William Borah and a rebuttal by Democratic governor Alfred Smith
Nov 2, 1928
WBAW Radio debuts in Nashville. The station airs a Friday night country music show, "The Capitol Theater Owl Club," which competes with WSM's Grand Ole Opry and with WLAC for both hillbilly performers and listeners
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