This year, it’s also the 100th anniversary of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, the show on which Elvis ... he performed 636 packed-out shows between July 1969 and December 1976.
In 1969, a young folky teen sang a song about ... Lynn and Spacek performed together at the Grand Ole Opry in ’79 singing Lynn’s “You Ain’t Woman Enough (to Take My Man),” and their ...
The music world and its fans saw plenty of heartbreak and tragedy in January with at least 20 notable musicians having lost ...
Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter, died on Jan. 4. He was 84. PEOPLE Magazine reported that Askew had ...
It was 2004 when singer/actor Shawn Barker sent in his video audition tape to the producers of a new jukebox musical. Part concert and part biography, The Million Dollar Quartet would present a ...
But it began an incredible run of hits which included 29 No.1s between 1969 and 1983 ... radio show and live institution that was the Grand Ole Opry. To make the moment even sweeter, he was ...
“I fondly remember the years I would go see my dad, Johnny Weis, play guitar, backing people from the Grand Ole Opry at Bostonia ... ALMOST played at the 1969 Woodstock music festival.
One of her proudest moments? Becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. “Well, I’m proud of all of them, but I think one of the things that remains with me is that when I was younger I ...
By the time the Bee Gees released the Odessa album in March, 1969, they were already six ... Gibb performed three songs at the Grand Ole Opry alongside Ricky Skaggs, receiving a standing ovation.
The legendary Grand Ole Opry, “country’s most famous stage,” will be the focus of the upcoming NBC special "Opry 100: A Live ...