Jamboree Artists Timeline by Decade: 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s Cast Members & Groups by Year: 1933 | 1937 | 1947 | 1951 | 1961 1974 | 1984 | 1991 | 2000 | 2013 | 2014 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 Newest Jamboree Members 2024 Inductees  Tristen Smith 2023 Inductees Charlie McCoy 2019 Inductees Larry Stephenson 2018 Inductees Tim Atwood 2017 Inductees Alan Coldiron - Kelsie Mae - Audie Wykle 2016 Inductee Isaac Cole 2015 Inductees Miller Smith & Mazure Larry Efaw & His Bluegrass Mountaineers Yodeling Dick Brooks Jim Thompson Adam Calvert Dave & Valerie Mayfield 2014 Inductees Billy Payne Rachael Whitcomb Steve Smith Blackhorse Chris Day Jim Harris Andrea Call 2013 Inductees Stacy Grubb Jim Wilson & Shelby Nestler Shana SMith Bobby Marquez   Doc & Chickie Williams with daughters Peeper Punkin' & Pooch The Bailes Brothers The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover The Wilburn Brothers Reno & Smiley Abbie Neal & The Ranch Girls The Sunshine Boys Ray Couture AKA "Abner Doolittle" Sidney L. Gunter Jr. "Hardrock Gunter" Hal Lone Pine & Betty Cody The Statler Brothers The Oak Ridge Boys Johnny Russell Roger & Don Hoard 1967 Frank Necessary & The Stone Mountain Boys The Short Creek Flat-Pickers The New Generation Express The 11/70 Band Loretta Lynn Recorded Live at the Wheeling Jamboree Country Music Walkway of Stars at Wheeling's Capitol Theatre Formerly Known as the Capitol Music Hall Legacy Entertainers of The Original Wheeling Jamboree & Jamboree USA

1927 [back to index]

• Silver Yodelin' Bill Jones and the Sparkling Four

1929

• Fred Craddock's Happy Five (Fred Craddock, Gay Schwing + more)

1932

• Cap, Andy and Flip (Warren Caplinger, Andy Patterson, William Strickland)
• Elmer Crowe
• The Tweedy Brothers

1933 [back to index]

• Bill Jones and the Rhythm Rogues (Bill Jones, Fred Gardini, Blaine Heck, Paul Myers)
• Just Plain John Oldham
• Loye Donald "Cowboy Loye" Pack

1934

• Chuck and Don
• Hank and Slim Newman
• Peruna Panhandle Rangers

1935

• Handsome Bob Bouch & Happy Johnny Zufall
• Hugh and Shug's Radio Pals (Hugh Cross, Shug Fisher, Mary Ann Vestes)
• The Rhythm Rangers (Loren Bledsoe, Harold "Pete" Rensler, Mary Ann Estes)
• Roy Freeman
• Slim Carter
• Slim Cox and his Flyin' X Roundup (Mel Cox, Red Kidwell, Hal Harris)
• Tex Harrison's Texas Buckaroos (Tex Harrison, French Mitchell, Auvil Mitchell)

1936

• Frankie More's Log Cabin Gang
• Frankie More's Log Cabin Boys (Frankie More, Fiddlin Dale Cole, Dolph Hewitt)
• Frankie More's Log Cabin Girls (Frankie More, Alma Crosby, Cousin Emmy, Rhoda Jones, Penny Woodford, Celia Mauri)
• Grandpa Jones
• Jake Taylor and His Railsplitters (Jake Taylor, Betty Taylor, Ray "Quarantine" Brown, Herman Redmon)

1937

• Doc Williams and His Border Riders (Doc Williams, Curley Sims, Cy Smik, Mary Calvas, Hamilton Fincher, Big Slim McAuliffe)
• Big Slim McAuliffe
• Joe Barker's Chuck Wagon Gang
• The Singing Sailors (Red Sovine, Johnnie Bailes)

1938

• Charlie Monroe and His Kentucky Pardners

1939

• Honey and Sonny (Maxine Davis, Nial Davis)
• Joe Barker's Radio Cirkus
• Lew Childre's Band (Lew Childre, Floyd Tillman + more)
• Millie Wayne
• Tommy Nelson Gang (Tommy Nelson, Nial Davis, Maxine Davis)

1940 [back to index]

• Blaine Smith
• Calvin "Curley" Miller
• Mack Jeffers and His Fiddlin' Farmers (Mack Jeffers, Celia Mauri)
• Pete Cassell
• The Davis Twins, Honey and Sonny

1941

• Anthony Slater "Smiley Sutter"/"Crazy Elmer"
• Benny Kissinger
• Big Slim's Happy Ranch Gang
• Chuck Wagon Doughboys
• Lew Childre and His Buckeyes
• Chief Redhawk

1942

• Eileen and Maxine Newcomer
• The Leary Family (Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper + more)
• The Saylor Sisters (Wanda, Jeanie and Linda)

1943

• Radio Rangerettes (Millie Wayne, Ruth "Bonnie" Baldwin)

1944

• Toby Stroud's Wyoming Ranch Boys (Toby Stroud, Buck Ryan, Bill Bailey)
• Toby Stroud's Blue Mountain Boys

1945

• Gay Schwing and His Gang From the HIlls (Gay Schwing, Herman Schwing, Ramona Schwing)
• Hawkshaw Hawkins
• Reed "The Singing Mountaineer" Dunn

1946

• Shorty Fincher's Prairie Pals

1947

• Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan

1948

• Red Belcher's Kentucky Ridge Runners
• Bill "Peg Pants" Beach
• The Lilly Brothers
• George Morgan
• Ken Curtis

1949

• Don Kidwell
• Hank Snow
• Lee Moore & Juanita Moore
• The Sunshine Boys (Fred Daniel, Ace Richman, J. D. Sumner, Eddie Wallace)

1950 [back to index]

1951

• Country Harmony Boys (Roy Scott, Gene Jenkins, Monte Blake, James Carson, Will Carver, Bill Chamberlain)
• Dusty Owens

1952

• The Bailey Brothers and Their Happy Valley Boys (Charles Bailey, Dan Bailey, Don McHan, Joe Stuart, Clarence "Tater" Tate, Jake Tullock)
• Bob Gallion
• Gene Hooper
• Skeeter Bonn

1953

• Cowboy Phil's Golden West Girls (Philip Reed, Gay Franzi, Tina Franzi, Abbie Neal, Wanda Saylor)
• Lone Pine & Betty Cody

1954

• Bud Messner and His Skyline Boys
• Buddy & Marion Durham
• Mabelle Seiger and Her Sons of the Plains (Mabelle Seiger, Curly Seiger, Chuck Cook, Jim Cook)

1955

• Charlie Bailey's Band (Charlie Bailey, Bobby Osborne, Sonny Osborne + more)
• Jim & Jesse McReynolds
• Hylo Brown and His Buckskin Boys
• Osborne Brothers (Bobby Osborne, Sonny Osborne, Red Allen, Ernie Newton)

1956

• Kathy Dee

1959

• Kenny Roberts

1962 [back to index]

• Country Gentlemen

1963

• Jimmie Stephens

1964

• Charlie Moore & Bill Napier

1965

• Cousin Wilbur Wesbrooks
• Esco Hankins
• David Houston
• Jim Greer's Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks
• Red Smiley and His Bluegrass Cutups
• Stanley Brothers
• Mary Lou Turner

1966

• Darnell Miller
• Mac Wiseman
• Johnny Dollar

1969

• Beverly Heckel
• Tater Tate and the Shenandoah Cutups

1970 [back to index]

• Junior Norman
• Freddy Carr
• Patti Powell
• Kay Kemmer
• Gus and Jo Ann Thomas
• Jerry Brightman
• Slim Lehart
• Buddy Ray
• Penny DeHaven
• Compton Brothers
• Skinny Clark
• Kenny Biggs
• Elton Britt
• Bud Cutright
• Lynn Stewart
• Holly Garrett
• Doty Lynn
• Roger Hoard
• John LeMaster
• The Heckles
• Crazy Elmer
• Denny Franks

1971

• Rick Erickson
• The Heckels
• Beth Moore
• Dick Curless
• Les Seevers
• Joe Pain
• George Elliott
• Buddy Griffin
• Mayf Nutter
• Bob Wood
• Frank Necessary
• Ray Kirkland
• David Smith
• Johnny Russell
• Doc and Chickie Williams
• Dave Dudley
• Blue Ridge
• Kay Kenner
• Jerry Taylor
• Van Trevor
• Linda Kay Lance
• Margo Smith
• Jo Ann Davis

1972

• Patty Joy

1973

• Karen McKenzie
• Steve Mazure
• Walter Bailes Singers (Frankie Bailes, Dorothy Jo Hope + more)
• Greg Steele

1979

• Blue Ridge Quartet
• Sandy Brickner
• The Cochrans
• Leon Douglas
• Johnston Brothers
• Dody Lynn
• Sabrina Marie
• Kevin Mabry
• Darnell Miller
• Junior Norman
• Cindy Reitter
• Joey Ross
• Kathy Ross
• Kathy Shaw
• Lynn Stewart
• Stone Mountain Boys
• Tommy Wills
• Donnie Woodson
• Chris Allen
• Mike White
• Bluegrass Convention
• Lenny Gault
• JoAnn Jones

1991

• Al and Kathy Bain
• Elmer Bird
• Marge Calhoun
• Larry Dalton
• Alan Freeman
• Don Hoard
• Nikki O'Grady
• Brad Paisley
• Linda Lou Schriver
• Lyn Carol Shriver
• Lori Scott
• Jan Scott
• Lois Scott
• Short Creek Flatpickers
• Ronnie Smith
• Anita Stapleton
• Mark Statler