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Roy Acuff (15 Sep 1903 - 23 Nov 1992)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (29)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Best of Roy Acuff 09 Apr 1991
  2. Columbia Historic Edition 01 Jul 1991
  3. Essential Roy Acuff 1936-1949 13 Oct 1992
  4. The King of Country Music 24 Jun 1994
  5. Greatest Hits 1995
  6. The Late, Great Roy Acuff 01 Jan 1996
  7. 20 Greatest Songs 13 Mar 2001
  8. The Crazy Tennessean 2001
  9. Sings American Folk Songs / Hand-Clapping Gospel Songs 29 Mar 2004
  10. The Essential Roy Acuff 2004
  11. David Allan Coe Presents Ray Acuff 2004
  12. 20 All-Time Favorites 2004
  13. King of the Hillbillies, Vol. 1 2007
  14. Wabash Cannonball
  15. The King of Country Music (1936-1947)
  16. The Very Best of Roy Acuff: Wabash Cannonball
  17. The King of Country Music (The Complete Foundational Recordings 1936-1951)

Album

  1. King of Country Music 1962
  2. Star Of The Grand Ole Opry 1963
  3. Wabash Cannonball 1968
  4. Greatest Gospel Songs 2005
  5. Great Train Songs: An American Legend 2006
  6. Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams 15 May 2007

Single

  1. Don't Be Angry / Nearest Thing to Heaven Nov 1968

Other - Compilation

  1. Once More It’s Roy Acuff/King Of Country Music 2003

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
  2. Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans

Children

  1. Roy Acuff, Jr.

Recordings by (292)

  1. Fireball Mail 2:34 (Jun 1942)
  2. Once More 2:30 (Nov 1959)
  3. Searching' For Happiness 2:18 (Nov 1959)
  4. I Don't Care (If You Don't Love Me) 2:22 (Nov 1959)
  5. The One I Love (Is Gone) 2:34 (Nov 1959)
  6. So Many Times 2:19 (Nov 1959)
  7. Come And Knock (On The Door Of My Heart) 2:37 (Nov 1959)
  8. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me 2:25 (Nov 1959)
  9. (Today) My Love Came Back to Me 2:12 (Nov 1959)
  10. Don't Know Why 2:14 (Nov 1959)
  11. Nero Played His Fiddle (While Rome Burned) 2:38 (Nov 1959)
  12. Thanks For Not Telling Me 2:26 (Nov 1959)
  13. Write Me Sweetheart 2:17 (Nov 1959)
  14. The Great Speckled Bird 2:40 (1962)
  15. The Precious Jewel 3:10 (1962)
  16. Pins and Needles (In My Heart) 2:32 (1962)
  17. Unloved and Unclaimed 2:24 (1962)
  18. Wabash Cannonball 2:35 (1962)
  19. Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good 3:40 (1962)
  20. The Old Age Pension Check 2:36 (1962)
  21. Night Train to Memphis 2:21 (1962)
  22. Lonely Mound of Clay 2:28 (1962)
  23. The Automobile of Life 2:42 (1962)
  24. The Wreck on the Highway 2:25 (1962)
  25. Things That Might Have Been 2:24 (1963)
  26. The Streamlined Cannonball 2:29 (1963)
  27. Blues in My Mind 2:43 (1963)
  28. I'm Building A Home 2:14 (1963)
  29. It's Too Late Now 2:31 (1963)
  30. No Letter In The Mail Today 2:51 (1963)
  31. The End Of The World 3:10 (1963)
  32. Branded Wherever I Go 2:08 (1963)
  33. My Tears Don't Show 2:35 (1963)
  34. As Long As I Live 2:54 (1963)
  35. Do You Wonder Why 2:57 (1963)
  36. Low and Lonely 2:01 (1963)
  37. Don't Be Angry ?:?? (Nov 1968)
  38. Nearest Thing to Heaven ?:?? (Nov 1968)
  39. Pins and Needles ?:?? (1968)
  40. Come Back Little Pal ?:?? (1968)
  41. Great Speckled Bird ?:?? (1968)
  42. Precious Jewels ?:?? (1968)
  43. Wreck on the Highway ?:?? (1968)
  44. Wait for the Light to Shine ?:?? (1972)
  45. Fire Ball Mail ?:?? (1972)
  46. Steel Guitar Chimes ?:?? (1973)
  47. Steel Guitar Blues ?:?? (1973)
  48. Take My Hand ?:?? (1979)
  49. Tennessee Central #9 2:45 (1990)
  50. Boxcar Willie 2:54 (1990)
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On Recordings (13)

Arranged

  1. Trouble, Trouble Blues 2:57 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (15 Sep 1952)
  2. Trouble, Trouble Blues (alt.) 3:11 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (10 Jul 2001)

Performer

  1. The Valley Road 4:13 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (01 May 1989) guest, solo
  2. Mother Hold Me Tight 2:56 Kitty Wells feat. Roy Acuff (1993)
  3. Sweeter Than the Flowers 2:56 Johnny Cash feat. Emmylou Harris, Jessi Colter, Roy Acuff & Waylon Jennings (06 May 2002)
  4. As Long as I Live 3:01 Johnny Cash feat. Emmylou Harris, Jessi Colter, Roy Acuff & Waylon Jennings (06 May 2002)

Instruments

  1. When Lulu’s Gone 2:54 Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans (15 Dec 1936) fiddle

Vocals

  1. When Lulu’s Gone 2:54 Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans (15 Dec 1936)
  2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken 4:50 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) lead vocals
  3. Wreck on the Highway 3:25 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) lead vocals
  4. Pins and Needles (in My Heart) 2:54 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) lead vocals
  5. I Wonder If God Likes Country Music 4:18 Bill Anderson (01 Jun 1978)
  6. Wabash Cannonball 2:36 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys (1990)

Credited as (25)

  1. Roy Acuff
  2. Roy Acuff with Cousin Jody
  3. Johnny Cash feat. Emmylou Harris, Jessi Colter, Roy Acuff & Waylon Jennings
  4. Kitty Wells feat. Roy Acuff
  5. Roy Acuff feat. Minnie Pearl
  6. Roy Acuff & Emmylou Harris
  7. Johnny Cash with Roy Acuff & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  8. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Roy Acuff
  9. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm & The Carter Family
  10. Roy Acuff & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  11. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter & Earl Scruggs
  12. Bill Anderson and Roy Acuff
  13. Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
  14. Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
  15. Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys / Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra
  16. Carson Robinson with orchestra / Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
  17. Roy Acuff and Kitty Wells
  18. Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys / Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  19. Roy Acuff and The Bang Boys
  20. Kitty Wells and Roy Acuff
  21. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Roy Acuff
  22. Roy Acuff / Tex Ritter / Sonny James / Ferlin Husky
  23. Jimmy C. Newman, Roy Acuff, Sonny James, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Don Gibson
  24. Bill Anderson with Roy Acuff
  25. Roy Acuff / Johnny Horton / Statler Brothers / Lil’ Jimmy Dickens

Works (56)

Wrote

  1. Glory Bound Train
  2. The Battle of Armageddon
  3. Streamline Cannonball
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Composed

  1. As Long as I Live
  2. My Mountain Home Sweet Home
  3. Streamlined Cannonball
  4. Lonesome Old River Blues
  5. The Great Shining Light
  6. Not A Word From Home
  7. Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight
  8. Steamboat Whistle Blues
  9. An Old Three Room Shack
  10. Steel Guitar Chimes
  11. Steel Guitar Blues
  12. Charmin' Betsy
  13. Gonna Have a Big Time Tonight
  14. Our Happy Home
  15. Put My Rubber Doll Away
  16. The Precious Jewel
  17. Precious Jewels
  18. Lonely Mound of Clay
  19. (Our Own) Jole Blon
  20. Searching for a Soldier’s Grave
  21. Automobile of Life
  22. I'm Dying a Sinner's Death
  23. Doing It the Old Fashioned Way
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Lyrics

  1. Not A Word From Home
  2. Lonely Mound of Clay
  3. The Precious Jewel
  4. Our Happy Home
  5. Searching for a Soldier’s Grave
  6. Stuck Up Blues
  7. Living on the Mountain
  8. (Our Own) Jole Blon
  9. I'm Dying a Sinner's Death
  10. Doing It the Old Fashioned Way
  11. Automobile of Life
  12. My Mountain Home Sweet Home
  13. Streamlined Cannonball
  14. Great Speckled Bird No. 2
  15. Lonesome Old River Blues
  16. The Great Shining Light
  17. Branded Wherever I Go
  18. Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight
  19. Steamboat Whistle Blues
  20. An Old Three Room Shack
  21. Steel Guitar Chimes
  22. Steel Guitar Blues
  23. Charmin' Betsy
  24. Gonna Have a Big Time Tonight
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Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83042805/
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83042805
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/roy-acuff
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/300313

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-13260/roy-acuff/lyrics.html

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Roy%20Acuff

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/572865

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000848784

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010334/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/32182376

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455773

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/9931

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7heUyuJw3gZftFZRa1rV6M