A Grand Ole Opry spin-off called The Friday Night Frolics? Yep, the Opry actually had a little sister program attached to it back when the Opry was only on Saturday nights.
The name comes from a radio show that aired on radio station WSM in Nashville from 1948 to 1958. The Friday Night Frolics was a spinoff of the Grand Ole Opry. The Opry had been airing on Saturday nights since 1925 and was at the height of its popularity when the WSM management decided to begin Frolics as a spinoff to the Opry. The show aired for 10 years from WSM's Studio C before moving to the Ryman Auditorium, home of the Opry, in 1958 and being renamed The Friday Night Opry.
I was there just about every Friday night from about 1954 to 1958. Such agreat show with T-Tommy. It was free and refreshments were served. Hank Garland, Hank Snow, Loretta Lynn, the Wilburn Brothers, Carl Butler, Ray Price, Jim Reeves and so many more.
ReplyDeleteI went there in 57 and 58. I accumulated about 50 autographs of many of the greats. Great times.
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