GRAND OLE OPRY AT 50 (TV)
Summary
A television broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry, a country and western music revue, marking its fiftieth anniversary. Highlights include: Roy Acuff and his band introducing the evening's guests to the tune of "Back in the Country"; Roy Clark playing a fiddle piece; the Fruit Jar Drinkers with "I'm Gonna Leave This Town" and "You'd Never Be Mine"; Bill Monroe and his band playing "Uncle Pen"; Loretta Lynn singing "Coal Miner's Daughter"; Marty Robbins singing a medley including "Cool Water," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," and "Way Out There"; Johnny Cash singing "Look at Them Beans"; Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones performing a comedy sketch; The Carter Family and Chet Atkins with "Wildwood Flower"; Cash joining them for "Daddy Sang Bass"; a square dance segment featuring the Rutherford County Square Dancers, the Ralph Sloan Dancers, and the Smokey Mountain Cloggers; Bill Anderson singing "Po' Folks"; Ernest Tubb and his band with "Waiting for a Train" while Holbrook narrates about country music singer Jimmie Rodgers; Dolly Parton singing "The Seeker"; Hank Snow singing "I'm Moving On" and "I've Been Everywhere," joined by Cash, Clark, and Robbins; Atkins playing "The Night Atlanta Burned"; Barbara Mandrell singing "Tonight My Baby's Coming Home"; Emmylou Harris with "Boulder to Birmingham," and joined by Charlie Louvin for "If I Could Only Win Your Love"; Jerry Clower performing a comedy routine; Freddie Fender with "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"; Porter Wagoner with "Highway Headin' South"; and Charley Pride singing "Poor Old Kalija." Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: November 11, 1975 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:27:59
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:02248
- GENRE: Music/Variety; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music/Variety; Specials
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1975
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV – Commercials – Borden food products
- TV – Commercials – Elmer's glue
- TV – Commercials – Krylon spray paint
- TV – Commercials – Mystik tape
- TV – Commercials – Realemon lemon juice
- TV – Commercials – Sacramento tomato juice
- TV – Commercials – Snow's chowder
- TV – Commercials – Wall-Tex wallpaper
- TV – Commercials – Wyler's bouillon
- TV – Commercials – Wyler's soft drink mix
- TV – Promos – "The Donny and Marie Show"
- TV – Promos – "The Great Gatsby"
CREDITS
- Irving Waugh … Executive Producer
- Robert Precht … Producer
- Tony Jordan … Associate Producer
- John Moffitt … Director
- Millard Lampell … Writer
- Ethel Martin … Choreographer
- The Carter Family … Music Group
- The Fruit Jar Drinkers (See also: The McGee Brothers) … Music Group
- Rutherford County Square Dancers … Dance Company
- Ralph Sloan Dancers … Dance Company
- Smokey Mountain Cloggers … Dance Company
- Hal Holbrook … Host
- Grant Turner … Announcer
- Roy Acuff … Performer, Guest
- Bill Anderson … Performer, Guest
- Chet Atkins … Performer, Guest
- Johnny Cash … Performer, Guest
- Roy Clark … Performer, Guest
- Jerry Clower … Performer, Guest
- Freddie Fender … Performer, Guest
- Emmylou Harris … Performer, Guest
- Grandpa Jones … Performer, Guest
- Loretta Lynn … Performer, Guest
- Barbara Mandrell … Performer, Guest
- Bill Monroe … Performer, Guest
- Dolly Parton … Performer, Guest
- Minnie Pearl … Performer, Guest
- Charley Pride … Performer, Guest
- Marty Robbins … Performer, Guest
- Hank Snow … Performer, Guest
- Ernest Tubb … Performer, Guest
- Porter Wagoner … Performer, Guest
- Charlie Louvin … Performer, Guest
- Jimmie Rodgers