Roy Acuff

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Roy Acuff was an influential American country music singer, fiddler, and Grand Ole Opry star often called the "King of Country Music."

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Roy Acuff canonical 6
Roy Claxton Acuff 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Ole Opry star
country musician
fiddler
human
singer
activeYearsStart 1930s
associatedAct Fred Rose
Smoky Mountain Boys
awardReceived National Medal of Arts
awardReceivedYear 1991
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure
coFoundedWith Fred Rose
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-09-15
dateOfDeath 1992-11-23
familyName Acuff
fieldOfWork country music performance
music publishing
founded Acuff-Rose Publications
fullName Roy Acuff self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roy Claxton Acuff
genre country music
gospel music
givenName Roy
hallOfFameInduction Country Music Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1962
influenced Dolly Parton
George Jones
Hank Williams
Roy Orbison
instrument fiddle
guitar
violin
memberOf Grand Ole Opry
notableFor helping establish Nashville as a country music center through Acuff-Rose Publications
popularizing the fiddle-led string band sound in country music
notableNickname King of Country Music
King of the Hillbillies
notableWork Fireball Mail
Lonesome Old River Blues
Low and Lonely
Night Train to Memphis
Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
Great Speckled Bird
surface form: The Great Speckled Bird

The Precious Jewel
The Wabash Cannonball
Waltz of the Wind
Wreck on the Highway
occupation fiddler
music publisher
musician
politician
record producer
singer
placeOfBirth Maynardville
surface form: Maynardville, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
politicalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
ranForOffice Governor of Tennessee
recordLabel Capitol Records
Columbia Records
Okeh Records
Vocalion Records
residence Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Mildred Douglas Acuff
stateOfBirth Tennessee
stateOfDeath Tennessee

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Fred Rose coFounderWith Roy Acuff
Fred Rose wroteForArtist Roy Acuff
Fred Rose associatedAct Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff fullName Roy Acuff self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roy Claxton Acuff