Roy Acuff, 89, the singer and fiddler who was known to millions of Grand Ole Opry listeners as the ”King of Country Music”; he performed his best-known songs, ”Wabash Cannonball,&… ...

Acuff and his band, the Crazy Tennesseans, auditioned for the Grand Ole Opry in 1938 and were offered a contract later that year. He would be a mainstay there the rest of his life, even though he ...

Roy Acuff, the singer and fiddler who was known to millions of Grand Ole Opry listeners as the ”King of Country Music,” died Monday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was 89. He died of ...

In 1962, Acuff became the first living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He even offered yo-yo lessons to President Richard Nixon on the Opry stage in 1974. He died Nov. 23, 1992, at age 89.

Acuff joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938 and remained an active member until his death on Nov. 23, 1992. My love for Roy Acuff comes from dad who bought over a dozen of his 78 RPM records.

Longtime Roy Acuff band member Charlie Collins died on Jan. 12, 2012, days after suffering a massive stroke. The 78-year-old was playing music up to his final days.

According to a sticker inside the fiddle, the fiddle was made for Roy Acuff by his uncle, Evart Acuff, in Maryville, Tennessee, in 1945. The Mountain Music Museum learned about it, through media ...

East Tennessee native Roy Acuff was born Sept. 15, 1903 in Maynardville. He died in 1992 in Nashville. Last year, as documentarian Ken Burns looked on, musician Ketch Secor played a little tune ...

It was given to Acuff by soldiers who found it near the end of World War II. Vince Gill donates Roy Acuff fiddle to Country Music Hall of Fame Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

Roy Acuff was considered 'The King of Country Music.' After his death in 1992, country music stars mourned the Grand Ole Opry mainstay.

On Dec. 8, 1991, Roy Acuff became the first country artist to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Kennedy Center Honors. ... Acuff, a Grand Ole Opry member, ...