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    • Feb 15, 1917
    Wally Fowler, the founder of The Oak Ridge Boys, is born near Adairsville, Georgia. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1945, but turns almost strictly to gospel music when The Oak Ridge Quartet takes off in 1947
    Jan 27, 1945
    Wally Fowler and his Clodhoppers play a Child Activities Program for the Oak Ridge Recreation and Welfare Association in Tennessee. It's the debut of a group that goes on to become The Oak Ridge Boys
    Sep 15, 1945
    The Oak Ridge Boys' founder, Wally Fowler, makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
    Nov 5, 1948
    The Oak Ridge Boys' founder, Wally Fowler, inaugurates the all-night gospel sing following the Grand Ole Opry
    Jun 3, 1994
    Wally Fowler, the founder of The Oak Ridge Boys, dies while fishing on Dale Hollow Lake near Nashville
    Oct 11, 2014
    Lady Antebellum is inducted in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame at the World Congress Center in Atlanta along with Jeff Foxworthy, vocalist Francine Reed, Wally Fowler, Wet Willie and Collective Soul's Ed Roland
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