Roy Acuff
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About
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country musician known around the world as the "King of Country Music". Roy Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, to Ida Carr and Simon E. Neil Acuff (a Baptist preacher, judge and tenant farmer), the third of their five children. Originally, Acuff didn't plan to be a singer. Acuff sang in the church choir as a schoolboy, but he was more interested in sports, particularly baseball.
Top Tracks
Wabash Cannonball
The Essential Roy AcuffThe Wabash Cannonball
Greatest HitsMuhlenberg County (Aka: Paradise)
King Of Country Music - 20 All-Time Best SellersThe Great Speckled Bird
Greatest HitsThe Great Speckled Bird
The Great Speckled BirdThis World Can't Stand Long
The Essential Roy AcuffWabash Cannonball
Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [Deluxe]I Saw the Light
The Essential Roy AcuffNight Train to Memphis
The Essential Roy AcuffFreight Train Blues
The Essential Roy Acuff
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Discography
King of the Hillbillies, Vol. 1
Album2007Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams
Album2007Great Train Songs: An American Legend
Album2006Greatest Gospel Songs
Album2005Sings American Folk Songs / Hand-Clapping Gospel Songs
Album2004David Allan Coe Presents Ray Acuff
Album2004The Essential Roy Acuff
Album200420 All-Time Favorites
Album2004King of Country Music
Album2004Once More It’s Roy Acuff/King Of Country Music
Album2003
