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    • Oct 28, 1939
    Bill Monroe makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Foggy Mountain Top" and "Mule Skinner Blues" at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium
    Jun 28, 1940
    The movie "Grand Ole Opry" debuts at Nashville's Paramount Theater, starring Roy Acuff. Also appearing: Uncle Dave Macon and Opry founder George D. Hay
    Nov 30, 1940
    Minnie Pearl makes her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville
    Feb 28, 1942
    "The Roy Acuff Songbook Show" debuts on the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium. Sales of the folio eventually approach 1 million copies, providing seed money for the founding of Acuff-Rose Publishing
    Jan 16, 1943
    Ernest Tubb makes his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium
    Feb 13, 1943
    Four weeks after his Grand Ole Opry debut, Ernest Tubb becomes an official Opry member during a broadcast from Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium
    Jun 5, 1943
    The Grand Ole Opry begins airing from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, which becomes the radio show's home until 1974
    Sep 4, 1943
    Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers make their Grand Ole Opry debut. Williams' "Half As Much" later becomes a hit for Hank Williams
    Jun 17, 1944
    Comedian Rod Brasfield makes his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium the same day The Poe Sisters become members
    Jul 15, 1944
    Comedian Rod Brasfield becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry



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