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Former Beatle Ringo Starr to make his debut at Grand Ole Opry House

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122313) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Jan 25

Former Beatles drummer Sir Ringo Starr who is on tour to promote his newest compact disc called Look Up which is going to be a country and western genre on Tuesday February 21 2025 for the first time in his musical career as part...

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Country Music

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 9 May 20

I've been watching the wonderful Kem Burns documentary on country music, going back to the Carter Family and Jimmy Rogers, and others before them, and the beginning of the Country Music business. I grew up about 60 miles from...

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November 28 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222806) • United States 28 Nov 19

Thanksgiving Day National French Toast Day 1925 - The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance. 1950 - Ed Harris was born. He is an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter....

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Home of the Grand Ole Opry

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98129) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Feb 18

Originally called Fort Nashborough, Nashville was founded by James Robertson, John Donelson and a party of Wataugans in 1779. The town grew quickly since it was a river port and later became a major railroad center. In 1806 it was...

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Ten Favorite Music Songs: Country Music Time (#10)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86875) • United States 30 May 17

I just finished my list of favorite songs with "song" in the title, so I suppose the natural progression from that subject is to go to songs that have the word "music" in the title. So I'll start my countdown with a song that's...

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Have You Ever Visited Graceland, Elvis Presley's Home in Memphis, Tennessee?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 24 Aug 16

This is definitely still on my “Bucket List.” I have not been there yet, but would still like to go. And it’s not really that far away. I understand that second only to the White House in Washington, D.C. Graceland is the...

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Grand ole opry member Hank Locklin dies

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 11 Mar 09

http://www.wsmv.com/news/18886521/detail.html?treets=nash&tid=2657537830813&tml=nash_12pm&tmi=nash_12pm_1_12000203092009&ts=H#- [i]"NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country singer Hank Locklin, whose smooth tenor voice on hits like "Send Me...

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Grand Ole Opry

schulzie @schulzie (4061) • United States 28 Jun 08

Has anyone ever been to the Grand Ole Opry? I am planning a trip there and was wondering what there is to do there. Is there a tour we could take of the Opry itself? I really don't want to see a live show there, but...

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