Roy Acuff

Acting Sep 15, 1903 Nov 23, 1992 (aged 89) Maynardville, Tennessee, USA

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Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music," Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful. In 1952 Hank Williams told Ralph Gleason, "He's the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God."

Acuff began his music career in the 1930s, and gained regional fame as the singer and fiddler for his group, the Smoky Mountain Boys. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938, and although his popularity as a musician waned in the late 1940s, he remained one of the Opry's key figures and promoters for nearly four decades. In 1942, Acuff co-founded the first major Nashville-based country music publishing company—Acuff-Rose Music—which signed acts such as Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and The Everly Brothers. In 1962, Acuff became the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

23 Acting Credits

Roy Acuff

Acting

Coal Miner's Daughter

Country Music

Concrete Cowboys

The Kennedy Center Honors

Hee Haw

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Johnny Cash Show

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

Grand Ole Opry

Smoky Mountain Melody

Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly

Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

Country's Family Reunion 2: Volume Three

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

Night Train to Memphis

O, My Darling Clementine

Cowboy Canteen

Home in San Antone

Uncle Dave Macon

Opry Video Classics: Pioneers

The Nashville Palace

Hank Williams: Kate Smith TV Shows

Bluegrass Country Soul