Emery, Ralph, 1933-2022
Variant namesWalter Ralph Emery (March 10, 1933 – January 15, 2022) was an American country music disc jockey, radio and television host from McEwen, Tennessee.
Emery promoted numerous stars on his radio and TV shows, and was called the Dick Clark of country music.
He gained national fame hosting the syndicated television music series, Pop! Goes the Country, from 1974 to 1980 and the nightly Nashville Network television program, Nashville Now, from 1983 to 1993. From 2007 to 2015, Emery hosted the weekly program, Ralph Emery Live, on RFD-TV, a satellite and cable television channel devoted to rural American culture.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Alan L. Mayor Collection | Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University | |
| referencedIn | Jones Studio (Boulder, Colo.),. Ralph Emery Family portraits. | Boulder Public Library | |
| referencedIn | Center for Popular Music Vertical Files | Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University | |
| referencedIn | George Hamilton IV Collection, 1956-2006 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| referencedIn | Emery, Ralph;. Oral history interview with Ralph Emery; 1991 May 28; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. | Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center | |
| creatorOf | Cooper, Stoney, 1918-1977,. Oral history interview with Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper; 1968 January 2; interview conducted by Ralph Emery. | Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center |
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| associatedWith | Cline, Patsy, 1932-1963. | person |
| associatedWith | Cooper, Stoney, 1918-1977, | person |
| memberOf | Country Music Hall of Fame | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Emery, Ralph; | person |
| associatedWith | Hamilton, George, 1937- | person |
| associatedWith | Jones Studio (Boulder, Colo.), | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rumble, John W.; | person |
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| Tennessee | TN | US |
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| Country music |
| Country musicians |
| Radio broadcasters |
| Television personalities |
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| Disc jockeys |
| Television Host |
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Birth 1933-03-10
Death 2022-01-15
Americans
English
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