Roy Acuff

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Grand Ole Opry star country musician fiddler human singer

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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Label Occurrences
Roy Acuff canonical 6
Roy Claxton Acuff 1

Statements (66)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain → firstRecordedBy → Roy Acuff ⓘ
Grand Ole Opry → hasNotablePerformer → Roy Acuff ⓘ
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
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band → associatedAct → Roy Acuff ⓘ