Roy Acuff
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Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music," Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful. In 1952 Hank Williams told Ralph Gleason, "He's the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God."
Acuff began his music career in the 1930s, and gained regional fame as the singer and fiddler for his group, the Smoky Mountain Boys. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938, and although his popularity as a musician waned in the late 1940s, he remained one of the Opry's key figures and promoters for nearly four decades. In 1942, Acuff co-founded the first major Nashville-based country music publishing company—Acuff-Rose Music—which signed acts such as Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and The Everly Brothers. In 1962, Acuff became the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Famous quotes by Roy Acuff:
"Put your trust in the Lord and go ahead. Worry gets you no place."
"I’m going to be eighty soon, and I guess the one thing that puzzles me most is how quick it got here."
"Any game you play, you got to lose sometime."
"Don't be a blueprint. Be an original."
"I don't owe one man one cent. Anywhere."
"Turn loose and have fun. Give the audience a show."
"The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee."
"There were people coming in here from New York, California, Chicago, all different places that had publishing companies, trying to buy my songs."
"I think we got too much sleep."
Roy Acuff
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- Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams released: 2007
- King Of Country Music released: 2004
- 20 Greatest Songs released: 2001
- Greatest Hits released: 1997
- The King of Country Music released: 1994
- Essential Roy Acuff 1936-1949 released: 1992
- Best of Roy Acuff released: 1991
- Columbia Historic Edition released: 1991
- Wabash Cannonball released: 1968
- Old Time Barn Music released: 1951
- The Crazy Tennessean released:
- The Very Best of Roy Acuff: Wabash Cannonball released:
- The King Of Country Music (1936-1947) released:
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Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams
Released 2007- Hey, Good Lookin'
- Why Don't You Love Me
- Mansion on the Hill
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- You Win Again
- Kaw-Liga
- Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
- There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
- Cold, Cold Heart
- I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)
- Take These Chains From My Heart
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
- I Saw the Light
- Lost Highway
- Pan American
- Lonesome Whistle
King Of Country Music
Released 2004- Great Speckled Bird
- My Mountain Home Sweet Home
- Wabash Cannonball
- Freight Train Blues
- You've Gotta See Mama Every Night
- Gonna Have a Big Time Tonight
- Yes Sir That's My Baby
- You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
- Charming Betsy
- New Greenback Dollar
- Steamboat Whistle Blues
- Doin' It the Old Fashioned Way
- An Old Three Room Shack
- Steel Guitar Blues
- Sad Memories
- Red Lips
- What Would You Do With Gabriel's Trumpet
- Shout Oh Lulu
- Blue Ridge Sweetheart
- One Old Shirt
- Bonnie Blue Eyes
- Automobile of Life
- Smoky Mountain Rag
- That Beautiful Picture
- Honky Tonk Mamas
20 Greatest Songs
Released 2001- (Our Own) Jole Blon
- Write Me Sweetheart
- Waltz of the Wind
- I Saw the Light
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- As Long as I Live
- Branded Wherever I Go
- The Great Speckled Bird
- The Walbash Cannonball
- The Precious Jewel
- The Wreck on the Highway
- Fireball Mail
- Wait for the Light to Shine
- Unloved and Unclaimed
- This World Can't Stand Long
- Once More
- So Many Times
- Come and Knock (On My Door of My Heart)
- Freight Train Blues
- Back in the Country
Greatest Hits
Released 1997- Lonesome Old River Blues
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
- Tennessee Waltz
- Waiting for My Call to Glory
- Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
- I Saw the Light
- Fire Ball Mail
- Night Train to Memphis
- Great Speckle Bird
- If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
- Wreck on the Highway
- Freight Train Blues
- The Devil's Train
- It Won't Be Long (Till I'll Be Leaving)
- Wabash Cannon Ball
The King of Country Music
Released 1994- That's What Makes the Jukebox Play
- Little Moses
- What Do You Think About Me
- Oh Those Tombs
- Come Back Little Pal
- Fire Ball Mail
- I'm Building a Home (In the Sky)
- The Great Titanic
- Goddbye Mr. Brown
- Mother Hold Me Tight
- Crazy Worried Mind
- Along the China Cost
- It's Hard to Love
- Plant Some Flowers by My Graveside
- I Want to Be Loved
- I Like Mountain Music
- Jesus Died for Me
- Thank God
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
- How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
- The Unclouded Day
- Hold to God's Unchanging Hand
- Lord Build Me a Cabin
- Where the Sould Never Dies
- Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
- Take My Hand, Precious Lord
- This World Is Not My Home
- Where Could I Go (But to My Lord)
Essential Roy Acuff 1936-1949
Released 1992- Great Speckle Bird
- Steel Guitar Blues
- Just to Ease My Worried Mind
- Lonesome Old River Blues
- The Precious Jewel
- It Won't Be Long (Till I'll Be Leaving)
- Wreck on the Highway
- Fireball Mail
- Night Train to Memphis
- The Prodigal Son
- Not a Word From Home
- I'll Forgive You, but I Can't Forget You
- Freight Train Blues
- Wabash Cannon Ball
- Jole Blon
- This World Can't Stand Long
- Waltz of the Wind
- A Sinner's Death (I'm Dying)
- Tennessee Waltz
- Black Mountain Rag
Columbia Historic Edition
Released 1991- The Streamlined Connon Ball
- Lonesome Old River Blues
- You're the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)
- Wabash Cannon Ball
- Drifting Too Far From Shore
- Steel Guitar Blues
- Ida Red
- I'll Be Alone
- Low and Lonely
- When I Lay My Burden Down
- Wonder Is All I Do
- Weary Lonesome Blues
- New Greenback Dollar
- Freight Train Blues
- The Heart That Was Broken for Me
- The Southbound Train
The Crazy Tennessean
- Great Speckle Bird
- Ida Red
- Freight Train Blues
- Sad Memories
- Wabash Cannonball
- Shout Oh Lula
- Steel Guitar Blues
- One Old Shirt
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby
- Jole Blon
- Waltz of the Wind
- Low and Lonely
- Tennessee Waltz
- You Gotta See Mama Every Night
- Black Mountain Rag
- The Streamlined Cannonball
- You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
- Automobile of Life
- Red Lips
- Charming Betsy
- An Old Three Room Shack
- Honky Tonk Mamas
- Night Train to Memphis
The King Of Country Music (1936-1947)
- Wabash Cannonball
- Great Speckle Bird
- Freight Train Blues
- Beautiful Brown Eyes
- Living on the Mountain, Baby Mine
- Eyes Are Watching You
- The Streamlined Cannon Ball
- The Precious Jewel
- Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
- Be Honest With Me
- Worried Mind
- Brother, Take Warning
- Wreck on the Highway
- I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven
- Night Train to Memphis
- The Prodigal Son
- Low and Lonely
- Write Me, Sweetheart
- Not a Word From Home
- I'll Forgive You, but I Can't Forget
- Wait for the Light to Shine
- We Live in Two Different Worlds
- Pins and Needles
- Waiting for My Call to Glory
- Our Own Jolé Blon
Wabash Cannonball
- Great Speckled Bird
- The Prodigal Son
- Night Train to Memphis
- Wreck on the Highway
- Beautiful Brown Eyes
- I'll Forgive You, but I Can't Forget
- We Live in Two Different Worlds
- Not a Word From Home
- Jole Blon
- Freight Train Blues
- Write Me, Sweetheart
- Be Honest With Me
- Waiting for My Call to Glory
- Wait for the Light to Shine
- Wabash Cannonball
Born: 1903-09-15
Died: 1992-11-23
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Greatest Gospel Songs
by: Roy AcuffJust A Closer Walk With Thee
chorus:
Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be
I am weak, but You are strong
Jesus, keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee
chorus
When my feeble life is o'er
Time for me will be no more
Guide me gently, safely o'er
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore
chorus
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The Knoxville Focus
17 Feb 2025
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, II
The Knoxville Focus
17 Feb 2025
Senate, while legendary country music entertainer Roy Acuff had been the Republican candidate for governor ... The News-Sentinel had been equally loud in its backing of Gordon Browning for the governorship and had bashed Roy Acuff at every opportunity.
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The Knoxville Focus
10 Feb 2025
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, I
The Knoxville Focus
10 Feb 2025
senator and Roy Acuff for governor. Even then Roy Acuff was a massively popular entertainer in every venue of the time ... Carroll Reece and Roy Acuff won roughly a third of the votes in their races for the U.S.
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