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An interactive history of the Grand Ole Opry

Hank Williams - Grand Ole Opry - 11/12/49

Courtesy of Dick Carty (although the origin of this transfer is unknown -- this is one of those cases of an audio recording copied by one collector to another, to another, to another...) This is the last known appearance of Billy Murray on the…

National Barn Dance From Christmas Time First Song Keep Your Love On Ice. Original Air Date Was 12/12/1942.

Performers during a (Pet Milk portion) Grand Ole Opry Talent Contest Hank Garland at left, on guitar. T. Tommy Cutrer at right, at microphone

Maddox Brothers and Rose, known as America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band from the 1930s to the 1950s, consisted of four brothers, Fred, Cal, Cliff and Don Maddox with their sister Rose. Cliff died in 1949 and was replaced by brother Henry. The…