Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Grand Ole Opry: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Date December 1925 - present
Areas Of Involvement music • country music
Related People Ira Louvin • Ricky Skaggs • Marty Robbins • Faron Young • Mel Tillis • Charley Pride • Maybelle Carter • Alan Jackson • Patsy Cline • Minnie Pearl • Loretta Lynn • Roy Acuff • Ernest Tubb • Dave Macon • Tennessee Ernie Ford

Photos and Videos

A country music institution
The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, a large red brick building with arched windows and white trim, known as the former home of the Grand Ole Opry.
Minnie Pearl and Hank Snow
Country singer Roy Acuff plays with a yo-yo on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, while a man in work clothes bends down to watch.
The Carter Family performs on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1951, with Maybelle Carter on guitar, Helen Carter on accordion, and June Carter Cash and Anita Carter singing at a microphone.
Hank Williams performs with the Drifting Cowboys on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1951, with a microphone labeled WSM Grand Ole Opry and a backdrop reading Joe's Place.
Marty Robbins stands at a microphone playing guitar and singing on stage with band members at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1950s.
Earl Scruggs, left, plays banjo and Lester Flatt, right, plays guitar as they perform with The Foggy Mountain Boys at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee around 1960.
Loretta Lynn sings and plays guitar on stage at the Grand Ole Opry, her name visible on the guitar strap, in a black and white photo from the early 1960s.
Merle Haggard, in a light-colored embroidered suit, performs on stage with Bonnie Owens and a bass player at the Grand Ole Opry's 42nd anniversary concert in Nashville.
Study the settlement of the American South and the evolution of music in the region from gospel to country
See All Videos and Images →