Word: wsm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...George D. Hay, 72, "the solemn ole judge," as he called himself who created Grand Ole Opry and made it the byword of country-western music; of a heart attack; in Virginia Beach Va. One day in 1927, Hay opened his program of hillbilly music over Nashville's WSM by saying, "For the past hour we have been listening to music taken largely from grand opera, but from now on we will present 'the Grand Ole Opry.' " The name stuck, and so did such stars as Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves, who helped spread the Nashville Sound...