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    • May 17, 1928
    Ben Smathers is born in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He forms The Stoney Mountain Cloggers, a country dance troupe that performs on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry from 1957-1993
    Sep 13, 1958
    The Stoney Mountain Cloggers join the Grand Ole Opry
    Oct 4, 1965
    CBS-TV's "The Steve Lawrence Show" presents a salute to country music, with Eddy Arnold, Grandpa Jones, The Jordanaires, The Stoney Mountain Cloggers and fiddlers Shorty Lavender, Benny Martin and Tommy Vaden
    Jul 12, 1967
    "That Tennessee Beat" debuts in movie theaters with Merle Travis, The Statler Brothers, Minnie Pearl, Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance, Pete Drake, Buddy Mize, Boots Randolph and The Stoney Mountain Cloggers
    Jan 18, 1969
    "The Hollywood Palace" takes on a country sheen. Roy Rogers & Dale Evans sing "Little Green Apples" and "Nashville Cats" while hosting the ABC variety show. Also on the episode are Sonny James, Burl Ives, George Gobel, Jeannie C. Riley, The Stoney Mountain Cloggers and "Beverly Hillbillies" star Irene Ryan
    Mar 12, 1969
    The Everly Brothers drop in on the NBC series "The Kraft Music Hall," with Eddy Arnold, Ray Charles, Johnny Mercer and The Stoney Mountain Cloggers
    Dec 12, 1969
    The Grand Ole Opry's Stoney Mountain Cloggers appear on ABC-TV's variety show "Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters Hour"
    Oct 11, 1970
    Loretta Lynn sings "You Ain't Woman Enough" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show," while Sonny James contributes "Endlessly" and "Tennessee Waltz." Also appearing are Archie Campbell and the Grand Ole Opry dance troop The Stoney Mountain Cloggers
    Mar 17, 1979
    Eddie Rabbitt performs "Every Which Way But Loose" on "Hee Haw." The episode also features The Stoney Mountain Cloggers and George Jones, who sings "I'll Just Take It Out In Love." Gunilla Hutton chips in "It's A Heartache" and Roy Clark closes with "Crazy Arms"
    Nov 13, 1980
    NBC-TV presents "George Burns In Nashville," with special guests Roy Acuff, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band, Loretta Lynn, Minnie Pearl and The Stoney Mountain Cloggers. The Gatlins perform "All The Gold In California" and "Take Me To Your Lovin' Place." Burns closes with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"
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