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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 15, 1903
Died
November 23, 1992
Place of Birth
Maynardville, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As
- Roy Claxton Acuff
Roy Acuff
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia 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.
Known For
7.6
Himself (archive footage)
Country Music
2019
6.0
Self
Country's Family Reunion 2: Volume Three
2015
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
2007
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
2004
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
2001
10.0
Self
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993
0.0
The Nashville Palace
1981
7.2
Roy Acuff (uncredited)
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
3.0
Uncle Dave Macon
1980
5.0
Self
Concrete Cowboys
1979
Credits
Country Music
as Himself (archive footage)
2019
7.6
Country's Family Reunion 2: Volume Three
as Self
2015
6.0
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as Self (archive footage)
2007
10.0
Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.0
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1993
10.0
The Nashville Palace
1981
0.0
Coal Miner's Daughter
as Roy Acuff (uncredited)
1980
7.2
Uncle Dave Macon
1980
3.0
Concrete Cowboys
as Self
1979
5.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Bluegrass Country Soul
as Self
1972
0.0
Hee Haw
1969
7.6
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Hank Williams: Kate Smith TV Shows
1952
0.0
Home in San Antone
as Roy Acuff aka Jack Jones
1949
0.0
Smoky Mountain Melody
as Roy Acuff
1948
6.0
Night Train to Memphis
as Roy Acuff
1946
0.0
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Roy Acuff
1944
0.0
Cowboy Canteen
as Roy Acuff
1944
0.0
O, My Darling Clementine
as Sheriff Roy Acuff
1943
0.0
Grand Ole Opry
as Roy Acuff
1940
7.0