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Rod Brasfield
American singer-songwriter (1910–1958)
Rodney Leon Brasfield (August 22, 1910[1] – September 12, 1958)[2] was an American comedian who was prominently featured on the Grand Ole Opry from 1947 until his death in 1958.
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In 1987, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Life and career
Brasfield was born in Smithville, Mississippi, United States.[2] He began his career in the late 1920s with Bisbee's Dramatic Shows, a touring tent repertory troupe, serving as a straight man for his older brother, actor and comedian Boob Brasfield.[2] In 1931, he married Eleanor Humphrey, a Hohenwald, Tennessee school teacher.
Brasfield was recruited by George D. Hay for the Grand Ole Opry in 1944.[2] With his trademark baggy suit, battered hat and rubbery face, he could make audiences laugh before he spoke a word. He soon became the primary comic on The Prince Albert Show, the Opry's NBC Radio broadcast, playing o