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Roy Acuff
Maynardville, Tennessee, USA
From Wikipedia 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…
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From Wikipedia 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.
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2019
Country Music
TV show Himself (archive footage)
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2015
Country's Family Reunion 2: Volume Three
Movie Self
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2007
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1993
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Movie Self
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1981
The Nashville Palace
TV show
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1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Movie Roy Acuff (uncredited)
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1980
Uncle Dave Macon
Movie
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1979
Concrete Cowboys
Movie Self
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1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV show Self
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1978
50 Years of Country Music
Movie Self
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1972
Bluegrass Country Soul
Movie Self
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1969
Hee Haw
TV show
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1969
The Johnny Cash Show
TV show Self
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV show Self
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1949
Home in San Antone
Movie Roy Acuff aka Jack Jones
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1948
Smoky Mountain Melody
Movie Roy Acuff
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1946
Night Train to Memphis
Movie Roy Acuff
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1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Movie Roy Acuff
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1944
Cowboy Canteen
Movie Roy Acuff
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1943
O, My Darling Clementine
Movie Sheriff Roy Acuff
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1940
Grand Ole Opry
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