Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon–better known as Minnie Pearl–has been voted the 1987 Roy Acuff Community Service Award by trustees of the Country Music Foundation. Mrs. Cannon thus becomes the ...

The first great music business in Nashville, a song-publishing firm founded in 1942 by Roy Acuff and pop songwriter Fred Rose now estimated to be worth $20 million, is being bought by the Opryland ...

Roy Acuff (1903–1992) was a musical giant and, in the title of a 1962 album, dubbed “The King of Country Music”. ... An LP-sized box houses nine CDs, a DVD (the hokey Acuff & The Smoky Mountain ...

Roy Acuff was considered 'The King of Country Music.' After his death in 1992, country music stars mourned the Grand Ole Opry mainstay.

MAYNARDVILLE — If not for that blazing summer sun, Roy Acuff might have made it to baseball's big leagues — and country music might never have known one of its greatest stars. Acuff was born ...

A rare Roy Acuff fiddle is making its way to East Tennessee, to be on display at the Mountain Music Museum in Kingsport. To stream WBIR on your phone, you need the WBIR app.

Grand Ole Opry legend Roy Acuff, who died 24 years ago today, performs his signature song "Wabash Cannonball" on the Grand Ole Opry stage.

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 ...

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 ...