Photo: The Johnson Family with Pianist Del Wood

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Photo: The Johnson Family with Pianist Del Wood

Description

This photo captures a visit to the Johnson Family by Grand Ole Opry star Del Wood, who made a guest appearance on one of the Johnsons' weekly radio broadcasts in the early 1950s. Wood scored a major hit on the Billboard pop and country charts in 1951 for her million-selling recording of the instrumental standard "Down Yonder"; in 1952 she began appearing on the Grand Ole Opry, joining the cast full-time in 1953.

Photo courtesy George Johnson.

Citation

“Photo: The Johnson Family with Pianist Del Wood,” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 3, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/801.