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1950s

CHET ATKINS

MARGIE BOWES

CARL AND PEARL BUTLER

ARCHIE CAMPBELL

THE CARLISLES

MARTHA CARSON

MOTHER MAYBELLE CARTER AND THE CARTER SISTERS

JOHNNY CASH

CEDAR HILL SQUARE DANCERS

WILMA LEE AND STONEY COOPER

SKEETER DAVIS

ROY DRUSKY

THE EVERLY BROTHERS

LESTER FLATT AND EARL SCRUGGS

LEFTY FRIZZELL

DON GIBSON

BILLY GRAMMER

HAWKSHAW HAWKINS

GOLDIE HILL

FERLIN HUSKY

STONEWALL JACKSON

GEORGE JONES

RUSTY AND DOUG KERSHAW

THE LADELLS

THE LOUVIN BROTHERS

MOON MULLICAN

JIMMY C. NEWMAN

WEBB PIERCE

RAY PRICE

JIM REEVES

MARTY ROBBINS

JEAN SHEPARD

RALPH SLOAN AND HIS TENNESSEE TRAVELERS

CARL SMITH

HANK SNOW

BEN SMATHERS AND THE STONEY MOUNTAIN CLOGGERS

RED SOVINE

JUSTIN TUBB

PORTER WAGONER

KITTY WELLS

THE WILBURN BROTHERS

DEL WOOD

FARON YOUNG

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1950s

Opry Members

The '50s Opry had it all—honky-tonk, bluegrass, crooners, comedy, even a little rock 'n' roll. During this time, the show not only brought in established acts like Flatt & Scruggs and Mother Maybelle Carter, it could also turn an unknown like Stonewall Jackson into a star. And as the recording industry in Nashville took hold, Opry membership and hit records often went hand in hand. Here are some of the acts who made the Opry one of the nation's most popular music programs during this decade.


 
 
   
 
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