Mar 5, 1954

Fiddler George Wilkerson dies at his home in Nashville following a six-month illness. He was the founder and leader of The Fruit Jar Drinkers, a string band that was a mainstay of the early Grand Ole Opry

Mar 6, 1954

Ray Price records "Much Too Young To Die" during an afternoon session at the Castle Studio in Nashville's Tulane Hotel

Mar 11, 1954

Steel guitarist Jerry Byrd and his wife, Thelma, have their second daughter, Luana June Byrd, in Nashville. Byrd has amassed recording credits with Red Foley, Hank Williams and Jimmy Wakely

Mar 16, 1954

Faron Young records "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" at the Castle Studio in downtown Nashville. He also makes his first attempts at cutting "I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night"

Mar 27, 1954

Opera meets the Opry: opera singer Helen Traubel makes a guest appearance on the Grand Ole Opry

Apr 15, 1954

Webb Pierce records "You're Not Mine Anymore" at Nashville's Castle Studio

Apr 26, 1954

Ernest Tubb is arrested for drunk driving when his car hits a telephone pole on North First Street in Nashville

May 1, 1954

Comedian Andy Griffith makes his Grand Ole Opry debut

May 12, 1954

Little Jimmy Dickens records "Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)" in Nashville. The song becomes a hit for Ray Price a lucky 13 years later

May 13, 1954

Carl Smith records "Go, Boy, Go," "More Than Anything Else In The World" and "No, I Don't Believe I Will" during the afternoon at the Castle Studio in Nashville