Saturday July 14th, 2012 Q & A

                 COUNTRY   MUSIC   CLASSICS

                  Q  &  A

 

Saturday July 14th,  2012

 

QUESTION:    I heard an item on the radio that The Academy Of Country Music and The Country Music Hall Of Fame are joining forces. How is that?

 

 

ANSWER:       The Academy of Country Music plans to donate $2.5 million to "Working On A Building: Country Music Lives Here," which is a campaign that will finance the expansion of The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. The expansion will take the Hall of Fame from its' current 140,000 square feet to more than 350,000 square feet when the project is completed.

 

 

 

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TODAY IN 1951:   Hank Williams'  "Hey Good Lookin'," came on the country music  charts, made it to number one and stuck there for eight weeks. It was his 24^th charted song and was on the charts for 25 weeks.

 

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