Turner, Grant

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Radio announcer. Born May 17, 1912. Died October 19, 1991. Real name: Jesse Granderson Turner. Career active 1940s-1991. Grand Ole Opry announcer for forty-seven years. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame.

From the description of Oral history interview with Grant Turner; 1974 May 13; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1974 May 13. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841166

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referencedIn University of Michigan student portraits, ca. 1860-ca. 1950, 1870-1920 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
creatorOf Turner, Grant;. Oral history interview with Grant Turner; 1974 May 13; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
referencedIn Turner, Grant;. Oral history interview with Grant Turner; 1974 May 13; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
creatorOf Mainer, J. E., 1898-1971, (Joseph E.). Oral history interview with J. E. Mainer; 1968 October 26; interview conducted by Grant Turner. Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
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associatedWith Green, Douglas B.; person
associatedWith Mainer, J. E., 1898-1971, (Joseph E.) person
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