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    • Aug 28, 1925
    Billy Grammer is born in Benton, Illinois. He turns an 18th-century British folk song into the 1958 hit "Gotta Travel On," joining the Grand Ole Opry one year later. He plays guitar on several Charley Pride hits, including "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
    Oct 29, 1944
    Billy Grammer marries Ruth Burzynsky at a Baptist church in Rend City, Illinois
    Apr 8, 1957
    "Country Style," hosted by Jimmy Dean from the WTOP studios in Washington, D.C., debuts as a daytime program on CBS-TV, where it remains until December. The cast includes Billy Grammer
    Feb 27, 1959
    Billy Grammer joins the Grand Ole Opry
    Apr 25, 1959
    Billy Grammer sings "Gotta Travel On" during "The Dick Clark Show" on ABC-TV
    Dec 5, 1964
    The Grand Ole Opry dismisses 11 members for inadequate attendance: George Morgan, Billy Grammer, Johnny Wright, Ferlin Husky, Justin Tubb, Don Gibson, Faron Young, Stonewall Jackson, Kitty Wells, The Jordanaires and Ray Price
    Feb 11, 1966
    Sgt. Barry Sadler sings "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." Billy Grammer does "Gotta Travel On," and Dean joins The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama." The Andrews trio also does a portion of "Don't Fence Me In"
    Mar 25, 1966
    George Jones performs "White Lightning," "Take Me," "I'm A People" and "Things Have Gone To Pieces" on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." Jones, Dean and Billy Grammer team on "Blues Stay Away From Me." Pop vocalist Jerry Vale covers "Without A Song"
    Apr 10, 1970
    Five musicians overdub additional parts on Charley Pride's "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" in Nashville
    May 29, 1971
    Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Clark and Billy Grammer perform during an appreciation dinner for Alabama governor George Wallace at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium
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