Roy Acuff

About the artist

Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country musician known around the world as the "King of Country Music". Roy Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, to Ida Carr and Simon E. Neil Acuff (a Baptist preacher, judge and tenant farmer), the third of their five children. Originally, Acuff didn't plan to be a singer. Acuff sang in the church choir as a schoolboy, but he was more interested in sports, particularly baseball.

Top songs

1. Wabash Cannonball
2. Tennessee Waltz
3. Great Speckled Bird
4. Night Train to Memphis
5. Wabash Cannon Ball
6. Wreck On the Highway
7. Freight Train Blues
8. Fireball Mail
9. I Saw the Light
10. The Precious Jewel

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