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Roy Acuff

Country music
The son of a farmer-poster-preacher in the Baptist Church, where he learned to sing, Roy had to give up professional baseball after suffering severe sunstroke. His father introduced him to the violin and, in 1932, he joined the Doc Howers Medicine Show, a troupe of traveling musicians, before founding his own group, The Crazy Tennessians, which hosted local radio shows. Roy Acuff recorded his first songs in Chicago in 1936, including "The Great Speckled Bird" and "Wabash Cannonball", two immortal hits. In 1938, he made his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, and his musicians...
Songs
Wabash Cannonball
Wabash CannonballRoy Acuff

Songs Of The Smokey Mountains

Great Speckled Bird
Great Speckled BirdRoy Acuff

Roy Acuff

2:50

Wabash Cannonball
Wabash CannonballRoy Acuff

The Essential Roy Acuff

2:34

I Saw the Light
I Saw the LightNitty Gritty Dirt Band and Roy Acuff

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Mule Skinner Blues
Mule Skinner BluesRoy Acuff and Smoky Mountain Boys

Songs Of The Smokey Mountains

2:52

Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Will the Circle Be UnbrokenRoy Acuff

3:50

Albums