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Site of Boyhood Home of Red Foley

Born Clyde Julian Foley, June 17, 1910; nicknamed "Red" for his red hair. Recuited by Chicago's WLS Radio Station to perform on Barn Dance, 1931, renamed National Barn Dance and broadcast on NBC, 1933. Foley helped found Renfro Valley Barn Dance, 1938. Hosted Grand Ole Opry's "Prince Albert Show," 1946-53; ABC's "Ozark Jubilee," 1955-60.

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Clyde Julian "Red" Foley - Foley costarred in ABC's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," 1962-63. "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" was number one on country and pop charts; "Peace in the Valley" first gospel song to sell over 1 million copies. First Kentuckian elected to Country Music Hall of Fame, 1967; inducted into Ky. Music Hall of Fame, 2002. Died Sept. 19, 1968. Presented by City of Berea.