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+ The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM. Dedicated to honoring country music and its history, the Opry showcases a mix of legends and contemporary chart-toppers performing country, bluegrass, folk, gospel, and comedic performances and skits. Considered an American icon, it attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world and millions of radio and Internet listeners. The Opry, today part of the American landscape, is "the show that made country music famous" and has been called the "home of American music" and "country’s most famous stage." In the 1930s, the show began hiring professionals and expanded to four hours; and WSM-AM, broadcasting by then with 50,000 watts, made the program a Saturday night musical tradition in nearly 30 states. In 1939, it debuted nationally on NBC Radio.- WikiPedia Click here to read more about Grand Ole Opry

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
11.25.1950	25th anniversary show	+ NBC net, AFRS rebroadcast. A twenty-fifth-anniversary program, which dates the program in 1950 (th...
12.05.1953	cowboy copas dark faced filipino
02.27.1946	eddie arnold capsule program of opry matinee	+ Eddie Arnold singing I talk to myself about you.
06.05.1959	ernest tubb and grandpa jones	+ From Nashville Tennessee the country music capital of the world is the Grand Ole Opry with the sta...
08.14.1959	faron young and the townsell sisters	+ From Nashville Tennessee the country music capital of the world comes The Grand Ole Opry with the ...
08.21.1959	ferlin husky and the townsell sisters
01.12.1952	first song detour sign	+ NBC net, WSM, Nashville origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The first tune is, "Detour Sign."
11.22.1952	first song dont let the stars get in your eyes	+ NBC net, WSM, Nashville origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The first tune is, "Don't Let The Stars Get...
06.17.1944	first song down in union county
08.04.1944	first song john henry
10.30.1954	first song love me now	+ , AFRS rebroadcast.
07.18.1953	first song my little red wagon	+ NBC net, WSM, Nashville origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The first tune is, "My Little Red Wagon."
07.15.1950	first song on a sunday night in tennessee	+ Program #135. WSM, Nashville origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The first tune is, "On A Sunday Night ...
04.30.1949	first song shortnen bread	+ NBC net, WSM, Nashville origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The first tune is, "Shortnin' Bread." Guest...
12.22.1945	first song the last letter	+ NBC net, WSM, Nashville origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Replacing National Barn Dance AFRS #166. Th...
11.20.1949	from berlin freight train boogie
12.19.1959	george morgan 21st christmas show
06.19.1959	hank snow and billy grammer	+ From Nashville, Tennessee the country music capital of the world comes The Grand Ole Opry with the...
05.29.1959	hawkshaw hawkins and jean shepard	+ From Nashville Tennessee the country music capital of the world comes The Grand Ole Opry with the ...
N/A	jive county tennessee with red foley	+ The show begins with Red Foley singing Jive County Tennessee.
07.31.1959	justin tubb and cowboy copas
08.22.1953	little jimmy dickens hillbilly fever	+ , AFRS rebroadcast.
N/A	mammys little baby red foley	+ Everyone’s gonna have some fun at the Grand Ole Opry tonight. The show begins with Red Foley sin...
N/A	ernest tubb stringbean
N/A	ernest tubb tomorrow never comes

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Some outrageously great talent right there. Like a bus full of virtuosos.

Christopher

Great group love there music

Steven

Featuring all of the existing programs broadcast from 1946 until 1965. Many of the programs are from my original recordings of 16 inch transcriptions that I once owned, and the sound is great! This CD is coded high to preserve the sound. Stars include many Country singers of the time, (Red Foley, Justin & Ernest Tubb, Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Flatt and Scruggs, and of course, Cousin Minnie Pearl).

GRAND OLE OPRY (2011)