Grand Ole Opry

The name Grand Ole Opry, how it came into being, the show leading into it on radio was opera music.

CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2005 2005

The name Grand Ole Opry, how it came into being, the show leading into it on radio was opera music.

CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2005 2005

The name Grand Ole Opry, how it came into being, the show leading into it on radio was opera music.

CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2005 2005

He started off the record with a Grand Ole Opry song, and Jimmy actually came in and played on volumes two and three that we did of the Circle records.

Mike Ragogna: Fishin' in the Dark: Chattin' With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna Mike Ragogna 2011

Charlie Louvin, 83, a celebrated country singer and Grand Ole Opry performer who as half of the Louvin Brothers duo influenced later performers such as the Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris and the Byrds, died Jan. 26 at his home in Wartrace, Tenn., of complications from pancreatic cancer.

Charlie Louvin, 83; influential country singer, Grand Old Opry performer Terence McArdle 2011

SM: It's been pretty amazing getting off of Idol and getting to do some of the other stuff I get to do, and singing at the Grand Ole Opry.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson Mike Ragogna 2011

SM: It's been pretty amazing getting off of Idol and getting to do some of the other stuff I get to do, and singing at the Grand Ole Opry.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson Mike Ragogna 2011

Cline was living in the tiny two-story frame house when she signed her first record deal, made her Grand Ole Opry debut and won Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts television competition – a sort of `50s version of American Idol – by singing "Walkin' After Midnight," which became her first hit record.

Patsy Cline's House Opens to Public AP 2011

When I first moved to town, the Grand Ole Opry was one of the first places I went to within two weeks of being there.

Mike Ragogna: The Hit Men Hit Christmas (Exclusive Audio), Chatting With Ricky Scaggs and Kip Moore, Plus Billy Joel's Box Mike Ragogna 2011

When I first moved to town, the Grand Ole Opry was one of the first places I went to within two weeks of being there.

Mike Ragogna: The Hit Men Hit Christmas (Exclusive Audio), Chatting With Ricky Scaggs and Kip Moore, Plus Billy Joel's Box Mike Ragogna 2011