1 "The Great Speckled Bird" 1936. Acuff’s storied take on this gospel tune, penned by Rev. Guy Smith, teaches us a lot about how early sacred and secular country songs borrowed from each other.

Acuff got a standing ovation for “The Great Speckled Bird,” his top 10 recording from 1938. ... By the way, Roy Acuff was born on my birthday, Nov. 15, 1903.

Roy Acuff, a San Antonio Missions announcer for 25 years, died on Wednesday. He was 85. ... “He had a great deal to do with all the foundation pieces of my broadcasting career,” Anderson said.

The New York Times reports Acuff actually first appeared on a Tennessee gubernatorial ballot in 1943, when he was entered on both the Democratic and Republican ballots as a protest candidate after ...

Country music star Roy Acuff paused his busy schedule on Sept. 13, 1958, to meet local Republican candidates at the SEMO District Fair, captured in a rare photo from the Southeast Missourian archive.