Renfro Valley Barn Dance

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Renfro Valley Barn Dance was an American country music stage and radio show originally carried by WLW-AM in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday nights. It debuted on October 9, 1937 from the Cincinnati Music Hall and moved to the Memorial Auditorium in Dayton, Ohio. It was hosted by , Red Foley, Cotton Foley, and Whitey Ford.

The show later moved to larger quarters near Mt. Vernon, Kentucky in November 1939 and was carried by WHAS-AM in Louisville, the NBC Radio Network and WCKY-AM in Cincinnati.

The program is no longer broadcast, but a live show bearing its name takes place on Saturday nights at the Renfro Valley Entertainment Center in Renfro Valley, Kentucky. A sister program, the Renfro Valley Gatherin' (established in 1943), continues to air.

PBS did a documentary series on American Roots Music called "In the Valley Where Time Stands Still", which is a film about the history of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance.

Performers[]

  • Homer and Jethro
  • Betty Lou York
  • New Coon Creek Girls
  • Dale Ann Bradley
  • Susan Tomes Laws
  • Debbie Gulley
  • Steve Gulley
  • Don Gulley
  • Courtney Arnold
  • Jake Vanover
  • Lily May Ledford
  • Ernie Lee
  • Mary Randolph and the
  • Chris Robbins
  • Jenny Robbins
  • Harold Russell and the Russell Brothers
  • Ray Sanders
  • Ernie Sowder
  • Wayne Turner
  • Bun Wilson
  • Red Brigham And The Harmony Hayriders

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Barry McCloud (1995) Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Country Music and Its Performers, p. 290, ISBN 0-399-52144-5

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