This is all out of love and art.” So is Elle King actually banned from the Grand Ole Opry? Who knows. But if she is, she’s far from the first artist who was kicked out of the circle. Obviously Hank ...

Matthew Leimkuehler is a music journalist from Nashville, Tennessee. Ringo Starr, a Grand Ole Opry star? That’s a new one. Starr makes his debut Feb. 21 on the famed country music broadcast ...

On January 7, 1967, Pride became the first African-American solo singer to perform on the radio show and live institution that was the Grand Ole Opry ... in Hank Williams’ 1951 hit “I Can ...

Kellie Walton The Grand Ole Opry began as a radio show in 1925, and it put Nashville on the map as the "Country Music Capital of the World." Throughout its history, the Grand Ole Opry has called ...

Opry member Emmylou Harris surprises Ringo Starr onstage at his first of two sold-out headlining shows at the Ryman Auditorium to invite him to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Feb. 21 ...

1, ‘All For The Love Of Sunshine.’ Chart-wise, Hank Williams Jr. first continued the family line with a debut hit single at the age of just 14, in 1964. But in January 1971, he released the LP ...

Elle King sings that she’s “banned from the Grand Ole Opry” in a new video after ... of some other legendary artists — including Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, and Johnny Cash — in ...

Read More An exterior shot of Opry Entertainment Group’s Grand Ole Opry House. Photo Credit: Antony-22 Opry Entertainment ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Legendary Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was asked to make his Grand Ole Opry debut next month. Starr attended the Opry Tuesday night, where his friend and Opry member ...

“I ain’t proud, no sir, no way. Wonder what Hank and Merle would say,” she sings in the track. “Least I’m in good company, since I got banned from the Grand Ole Opry.” Notably, Williams was banned ...

Back in January 2024, Elle King took the Grand Ole Opry stage to perform a now-infamous ... “in good company.” Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, and even Jerry Lee Lewis have found themselves ...