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267 Subject Index A Chorus Line, 233 ABC, 192, 229 Ackerman, Margaret Rich, 47, 55 Acuff, Roy: 124, 158, 195; clash with Jim Denny, 190, 192; and DeFord Bailey, 100; early career, 90; on early morning shows, 162; and Minnie Pearl, 239; as music publisher, 125–26; at opening of new Opry House, 230–31; as Opry ambassador, 211, 239; and Prince Albert Opry, 107, 140; on TNN, 240; as young radio fan, 64–65 Acuff-Rose Co., 146, 157, 170; creation of, 125–26; role in DJ convention, 180, 182 Adair, Beegie, 215, 234, 239, 241 Aladdin Lamps, 79 Allen, Bill “Hoss,” 184 Alley, Elmer, 212, 227–31, 237 Allison, Joe, 183 American Ace Coffee, 186 American Federation of Musicians (including Nashville Local 257), 87, 106 American General Co., 236 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), 85, 101, 210 America’s Flag Abroad, 80 Amos ‘n’ Andy, 48, 78 Anchor Spring and Bedding, 46 Anderson, Bill, 240, 248 Andrew Jackson Hotel, 16, 21, 44, 81, 127, 171, 181–82, 192 Andrews Sisters, The, 150, 174 Appointment with Music, 155 Armstrong, Edwin Howard, 99 Armstrong, Louis, 184 Army Hour, The, 119 Arnold, Eddy, 115, 145, 153, 169, 174, 216 Artist Service Bureau. See Grand Ole Opry AT&T, 29–30, 39, 161 Atkins, Chet, 155, 165, 182, 186, 220; and the Nashville Sound, 201, 210 Atlantic Records, 184 Atwater-Kent Hour, The, 30 Autry, Gene, 85, 86, 125 Axton, Hoyt, 240 Axton, Mae Boren, 172 Back to Basics, 234 Bailey, DeFord: discrimination at WSM, 50, 100, 102–3; fan mail, 39; firing of, 102; and Harry Stone, 70; hired by WSM, 28; image, 74; life before WSM, 27–28; on Opry, 31–32; and Pan American Blues, 62–63; recording, 33 Bailey, Lewis, 27 Bailey, Pearl, 184 Banner News Hawk, The, 77–78 Barnhardt, Bonnie, 16, 19–21 Barnouw, Erik, 4 Bart, Teddy, 214–17, 241 Basie, Count, 215 Bate, Humphrey, 24–25, 27–28, 31, 74 Beasley, Alcyone Bate, 24, 102, 112 Beecher, Henry Ward, 83 i-xx_1-286_Havi.indd 267 7/17/07 10:28:28 AM 268—Index Bell, Alexander Graham, 40 Belle Meade Country Club, 23, 143, 204, 239 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 39–40, 42, 53, 118 Belvedere (club), 111 Benny, Jack, 74 Benson, Jodi, 233 Billboard, 126, 150 Blaw Knox Co., 196 Blevins, Michael, 233 bluegrass, xiv, 141, 152, 186, 210 BMO Music, 124 Bond, Johnny, 148 Boone, Pat, 156, 212 Bradford, J. C., 27 Bradley, Harold, 110, 118, 165, 171, 182, 203 Bradley, Jerry, 171 Bradley, Owen, xv, 152; at DJ convention, 182; early career, 110–11; leaves WSM, 203; as music director/bandleader, 155, 156; in music publishing, 124; and Nashville Sound, 201, 210; on Noontime Neighbors, 132; opens recording studios, 171, 203; recording at WSM, 145, 149; as record producer, 175; in World War II, 118; as WSM talent scout, 185; on WSM-TV, 165 Braid Electric Company, 26 Brescia, Pietro, 111 Briley, Beverly, 231, 226 British Broadcasting Co. (BBC), 82–83, 119, 158 Broadcasting (magazine), 78 Broadcast Measurement Bureau, 152 Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), 101–3, 126, 170, 190, 204, 210 Broadway (Nashville), 3, 38, 63, 92, 121, 229 Brooks, Dan, 221, 223, 224, 229 Brooks, Garth, xviii, 241 Brooks & Dunn, 235 Brown, Jim Ed, 220 Brown, Margaret Rowland, 29 Brown, Marty, 214 Brown, Ruth, 210 Browning, Gordon, 158 Brunswick Records, 46, 50, 125 Bryan, William Jennings, xvi Bryant, Felice and Boudleaux, 211 Buck Rogers in the Twenty-first Century, 106 Buck, Louie, 127; as announcer, 106, 162, 164; inspiration for radio listeners, 64, 179, 200; on Noontime Neighbors, 132; and 1946 press junket, 142; on Sunday Down South, 108 Bulleit, Jim, 144–45, 149–50 Bullet Records, 145, 155, 184 Burns, George, 183 Burton, Bob, 170, 182 Bush, George H. W., 241 Bush, Joyce, 173 Byrd, Jerry, 170, 176, 186 Byrd, Richard, 37 Cabin Door, The, 30 Caldwell, Benjamin H., 230 Caldwell, Louis, 42–43, 52–53, 55 Caldwell & Co., 37, 65 Camel Caravan, The, 115–16, 118 Campbell, Glen, 210, 234 Cannon, Henry, 238 Cantor, Eddie, 184 Cantrell, Kyle, 247–48 Capitol Records, 175 Carlin, Phil, 106–8 Carlisle, “Jumpin” Bill, 182 Carlisle, Kay, 112, 115 Carnegie Hall (New York), 140, 169, 206 Carol Burnett Show, The, 239 Carol Lombard, 104 Carousel Club, The, 214–15 Carson, D. B., 11–12, 15, 34 Carson, Martha, 193 Carter, Jimmy, 235 Carter, June, 194 Carter Family, The, 33, 85, 101, 165 Carter’s Chicks, 147 Caruso, Enrico, 3, 5 Cascade Plunge Pool, 23...

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