While George Strait is often referred to as the reigning King of Country Music, Grand Ole Opry legend Roy ... Acuff’s 1936 recordings would soon be regarded his signature song, “Wabash ...

Roy Claxton Acuff’s musical journey began in 1932 ... of traditional tunes “The Great Speckled Bird” and “Wabash Cannonball” positioned Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys to become ...

recorded a song that would become a musical standard. Roy Acuff says he learned "The Wabash Cannonball" when he was just a kid living in East Tennessee near Knoxville. During a 1960's interview ...

As Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys, they began to reach a national audience. Mr. Acuff scored his biggest hits as the `30s ended, including ”Wabash Cannonball,” featuring a train-whistle ...

Question: In Roy Acuff's famous hit, The Wabash Cannonball, there's a verse about a "Daddy Claxton." Do you know anything about this Daddy Claxton? And what's the story behind the rest of the verse?

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,” ”The G ...

More hits like "Wabash Cannonball" and "Night Train to Memphis ... To hell with Babe Ruth. To hell with Roy Acuff!" In 1942, Acuff and Fred Rose, a pianist for WSM, founded Acuff-Rose Music ...

The fiddle was handmade by Evart Acuff, Roy Acuff's uncle ... and was best known for hits such as "Wabash Cannonball and "Tennessee Waltz." ...

He was the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, best known for hits such as "Wabash Cannonball and "Tennessee Waltz." The fiddle was made by Evart Acuff, Roy Acuff's uncle ...

Roy Acuff recorded it in 1936, and its popularity grew. The Wabash Railroad, capitalizing on the song’s popular appeal, officially named its Detroit-St. Louis train the Cannonball in 1950.

He was best known for hits such as "Wabash Cannonball and "Tennessee Waltz." The fiddle was made by Evart Acuff, Roy Acuff's uncle, in 1945, using wood from a family farm. It isn't clear why it ...