This Week in Country Music History | December 29 – January 4

As the calendar flips from one year to the next, country music keeps rolling right along.

In this episode of This Week in Country Music History, we take a look back at the moments, milestones, and legends tied to December 29 through January 4 — a week packed with iconic recordings, influential birthdays, and one of the most important inductions in Grand Ole Opry history.

From Merle Haggard’s Okie From Muskogee shaking up the late ’60s, to the birth of songwriting genius Roger Miller, to Dolly Parton officially stepping onto the Grand Ole Opry stage — this episode bridges the old year and the new with stories that helped shape country music as we know it.

New year. Same great country history.

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