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GRAND OLE OPRY: CHRISTMAS AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY {HANK SNOW, SKEETER DAVIS, BILL MONROE, ERNEST TUBB, PORTER WAGONER, DEL WOOD} (RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of country-and-western music and comedy revues. This special Christmas program is hosted by "The Singing Ranger," Hank Snow, and dedicated to hospitalized veterans. Highlights include the following: Snow performs his 1950 hit, "I'm Movin' On"; Skeeter Davis sings "Silent Night"; President Jimmy Carter delivers a message of thanks to hospitalized veterans; Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys perform "Christmas Time's a Comin'"; Snow returns with "The Reindeer Boogie"; pianist Del Wood performs "Jingle Bells"; Porter Wagoner sings "Happy Birthday, Jesus"; and VA administrator, Max Cleland, reads an inspirational prayer. No commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: WSM-Radio
- DATE: November 30, 1978
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:32
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:14580
- GENRE: Radio - Music; Radio - Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Christmas; Country music
- SERIES RUN: WSM (Nashville, TN) - Radio series, 1925-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Hank Snow … Host, Performer, Singer
- Skeeter Davis … Performer, Singer
- Bill Monroe … Performer, Singer
- Monroe, Bill and the Bluegrass Boys … Music Group
- Ernest Tubb … Performer, Singer
- Tubb, Ernest and his Texas Troubadors … Music Group
- Del Wood … Performer, Instrumentalist, Pianist
- Porter Wagoner … Performer, Singer
- Jimmy Carter
- Cleland, Joseph Maxwell (Max)