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Jeannie Seely appeared on Grand Ole Opry radio program more than any other performer and was first to record a live album on Opry stage ...
Jeannie Seely was laid to rest in a very special memorial in Nashville on Thursday (Aug. 14), and the country community came ...
Jeannie Seely will get her final sendoff at the legendary Grand Ole Opry, where she performed more than any other artist.
Jeannie Seely's 5,398th Grand Ole Opry appearance was her final one — a legacy-honoring celebration at the Opry House.
Grand Ole Opry icon Jeannie Seely's celebration of life will be celebrated as her 5,398th appearance on the Opry stage on ...
The August 2 show show was a tapestry of stories, songs and affection from artists who called Seely a friend, mentor and Opry ...
Seely — who lost her husband Eugene Ward to cancer last December — was born in Titusville, Pa., in 1940 and raised in nearby ...
She appeared nearly 5,400 times at the Grand Ole Opry, which she has been a member of since 1967. Grubbs said Saturday's Grand Ole Opry show would be dedicated to Seely.
When Seely left the show to tour the country, she was replaced by Dolly Parton. In 1985, Seely became the first woman to host a half-hour segment of the Grand Ole Opry. “That was a hard-won battle.
Jeannie Seely, a country star of the ’60s and ’70s who had been a favorite of Grand Ole Opry audiences from her induction in 1967 up until the present day, died Friday at age 85.
On the eve of the Grand Ole Opry's 5000th broadcast, Jeannie Seely, who joined the Opry in the '60s, tells some of what she's learned.
Seely made her Grand Ole Opry debut in 1966. “Every emotion a person could feel was going through my mind and body, from nerves to sheer terror,” she recalled of her inaugural performance.