Acuff, whose unique voice made him stand out among his peers, will be honored by his alma mater at 6 p.m. May 20. The Bobcat Ambassadors, a group of about 35 of Central’s best and brightest, are ...

"865 is the area code that I use, and if I hear those three digits, it takes me back to place or time," Wallen told Whiskey Riff when discussing the 2021 song. "It just makes me think of home." In ...

Acuff-Rose, as a paradigmatic example of a transformative use that constituted fair use in the arts: 2 Live Crew’s parody of Roy Orbison’s classic song “Oh, Pretty Woman.” ...

Mr. Hicks graduated in 1973 from David Lipscomb University, in Nashville, where he studied history. He returned to Tennessee a year later with his recently widowed mother, settling in Franklin.

Even Roy Acuff was vocal about wanting the Ryman torn down. But the opposition to the Ryman’s destruction was fierce, and even included Tennessee’s two US Senators begging owners to save the building ...

It's hard to imagine the Grand Ole Opry without Roy Acuff. The Maynardville, Tennessee native (and his fiddle) has a statue at its former home, The Ryman, next to Minnie Pearl, and his death in ...

Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw sold hot chicken. There was also Tex Ritter’s Chuck Wagon, Roy Acuff’s Cannonball Kitchen, and Minnie Pearl’s fried chicken chain.

Now, Acuff's music has a chance to touch people across East Tennessee. "I thought well, we've moved to Kingsport, we have a new rebirth of what we're doing," Dollar said.

Born September 15th, 1903, in Maynardsville, Tennessee, just east of Knoxville in the Great Smoky Mountains, Roy Claxton Acuff was on track to become a pro baseball player, having tried out for ...

Since its release in 1966, millions have enjoyed Bobby Hebb's soulful composition "Sunny", and the hundreds of cover versions by the likes of Cher, Georgie Fame, José Feliciano, Ella Fitzgerald ...

Born September 15, 1902, as the scion of a prominent Tennessee family, Acuff dabbled in music as a youngster, but concentrated on baseball.