On this day (June 7) in 1991, Alan Jackson joined the Grand Ole Opry. Far from being the country legend he would later become, Jackson was just two albums and a few years into his career. With songs ...

Before he was one of the pioneers in country and bluegrass music, Roy Acuff’s mission was to be a big-league ballplayer. A bout with sunstroke and the subsequent inability to be in sunlight for ...

Click to open image viewer. Roy Acuff''s first break came with his recording of "The Great Speckled Bird," in 1936. In 1937 he became a regular member of the Grand Ole Opry. CC0 Usage Conditions ...

KINGSPORT — Roy Acuff reigned as the undisputed king of country music. A native of Maynardville, Tennessee, the Grand Ole Opry patriarch died in 1992 at age 89. Acuff’s massive legacy continues in ...