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    • Mar 10, 1933
    Country TV/radio host Ralph Emery is born in McEwen, Tennessee. After establishing himself as a fixture on Nashville's WSM Radio, he spends 10 years as the host of TNN's daily country talk show, "Nashville Now." He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007
    Nov 25, 1957
    Ralph Emery begins working as the all-night disc jockey on Nashville's WSM Radio
    Nov 2, 1963
    "Country Music On Broadway" premieres in Nashville. The movie features Whitey Ford, Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Drusky, Audrey Williams, Ralph Emery, The Anita Kerr Singers, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Merle Kilgore and The Wilburn Brothers, among others
    Aug 24, 1966
    The movie "Girl From Tobacco Row" appears in theaters. The cast includes Tex Ritter, Johnny Russell, Martha Carson and Ralph Emery, playing a hired killer
    Sep 28, 1966
    "Road To Nashville" opens, starring Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Ralph Emery, The Osbornes, Bill Phillips, Margie Singleton, Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Norma Jean, Bobby Sykes, Don Winters and multiple Carters: Maybelle, June, Helen and Anita
    Oct 20, 1966
    The movie "Nashville Rebel," starring Waylon Jennings, has its world premiere at the Tennessee Theater in Nashville. The cast includes Sonny James, Tex Ritter, Faron Young, The Wilburn Brothers, Ralph Emery and Loretta Lynn
    Mar 26, 1967
    Ralph Emery marries Joy Kott
    Nov 27, 1967
    Ralph and Joy Emery have a son, Michael Emery
    Mar 13, 1968
    The Byrds visit WSM-AM Nashville to deliver their new single, "You Ain't Going Nowhere," to Ralph Emery, who declines to play it. The song will be listed among the 500 greatest country singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 2, 1971
    Connie Smith sings "How Great Thou Art" as president Richard Nixon hosts the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton. Also attending are Bill Anderson, Jan Howard, Warner Mack, Ralph Emery, Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells
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