NOVEMBER 9

1895: George D. Hay was born in Attica, IN. He founded and named the Grand Ole Opry.

1929: Jimmie Rodgers began production on a 10-minute movie short, “The Singing Brakeman,” in Camden, NJ.

1951: MGM released the first Hank Williams album, “Hank Williams Sings.”

1962: Roy Acuff became the first living artist named to the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

1966: Jim Ed Brown recorded “Pop A Top” at Nashville’s RCA Studio B.

1967: Rolling Stone magazine debuted with a cover story on John Lennon. The rock publication also put the occasional country star out front, including Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson.

1970: Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn recorded “After The Fire Is Gone” during an evening session at Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, TN.

1979: Barbara Mandrell appeared in an episode of NBC’s “The Rockford Files.”

1982: Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson recorded “Pancho And Lefty.”

1983: Alabama recorded “When We Make Love.”

1990: The Internal Revenue Service seized the property of Willie Nelson in six states, including his Austin recording studio, to satisfy a $6.5 million debt.

1991: Alan Jackson’s single “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” hit #1.

2002: Vince Gill was jolted with an electrical shock caused by an amplifier malfunction when he performed on the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. He quickly quipped, “I’d like to thank the sound company for the vasectomy.”

2004: Kris Kristofferson and retired record company executive Jim Foglesong joined the Country Music Hall of Fame during the 38th annual Country Music Association awards, telecast by CBS from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House.

2005: Jamey Johnson, Bill Anderson and Buddy Cannon wrote a future George Strait hit, “Give It Away.”

2006: Ralph Stanley was one of 10 Americans to receive the National Medal of Arts from president George W. Bush on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts at the White House in Washington, D.C.