Roy Acuff’s captivating vocal delivery and electrifying stage presence made him the heart and soul of one of country music’s longest running and most revered institutions, the Grand Ole Opry.

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 … ...

On July 24, 1948 -- 74 years ago today -- Roy Acuff declared his candidacy for governor of Tennessee. But it wasn't the first time the country legend had become embroiled in state politics ...

Roy Acuff was synonymous with the fiddle. It was his constant companion, and when he wasn’t playing it on songs like “Night Train to Memphis,” it was in his hand. Or sometimes, balanced on ...

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,&… ...

At the top of my list of celebrities would have to be Roy Claxton Acuff, named by the late baseball legend Dizzy Dean as “King of Country Music.” As I remember, I met Mr. Acuff four times.

A beloved Grand Ole Opry member, Roy Acuff was proclaimed "The King of Country Music" over his decades long career.

For the first time ever, the doors to the home built for Roy Acuff will open to showcase a limited-time exhibit.

In 1942, Roy Acuff set up Acuff-Rose Music in partnership with Nashville-based songwriter and talent scout Fred Rose. The new publishing company was dedicated to treating songwriters decently. They ...

Acuff-Rose appears in the credits of albums by Hank Williams, who employed Rose as his regular producer and close collaborator.

ROY ACUFF, the country singer who died last week, onc was a candidate for governor in one of the most colorful campaigns in Tennessee’s history. The year was 1948. Acuff had become one of the ...

Acuff and Rose had changed the way the Americana music business worked. If that were all Acuff had done, his place in music history would be assured. But it was not. Roy Acuff (1903–1992) was a ...