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Roy Acuff

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Aliases
Bang Boys
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
Real name
Roy Claxton Acuff
Born
September 15, 1903
Died
November 23, 1992
Country
United States
IPI
00136926360 20 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Legendary country singer, fiddler, songwriter and music publisher, who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1962.
Family
Roy Acuff Jr. Son
Related
Charlie Collins [US] Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys (1966-1992)
Bashful Brother Oswald Member of Acuff's band
Tommy Magness Fiddle
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
April 1946 (12 artists)
August 1948 Jay Armsworthy
August 1939 (2 artists)
August 1940 (6 artists)
August 1940 (8 artists)
 PRF (218 artists)
Originally by Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REL
listen on Internet Archive February 1945 (16 artists)
November 1941 (7 artists)
October 1947 (2 artists)
June 1942 (52 artists)
May 1954 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 1945 Billy Walker
March 1940 Esco Hankins
I Think I'll Go Home And Cry Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys 1945 Missing information
July 1945 (2 artists)
 REL April 1950 Connie Smith
Originally by Hank Williams REC
September 1940 (2 artists)
November 1939 Bill Keith & Jim Rooney
September 1942 (16 artists)
September 1942 (55 artists)
1945 (66 artists)
December 1943 (3 artists)
1975 James Monroe
i April 1940 (8 artists)
December 1936 (3 artists)
July 1937 (2 artists)
July 1941 Louvin Brothers
April 1946 (10 artists)
January 1941 (18 artists)
July 1940 (21 artists)
February 1942 (2 artists)
July 1945 (19 artists)
October 1946 Esco Hankins

Covers by Roy Acuff

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1963 Bailes Brothers
November 1939 Arthur Smith Trio
June 1941 Gene Autry
July 1963 (unknown)
i 1949 Curley Fox
  August 1947 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys PRF, Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REL
April 9, 1991 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
May 1939 Carolina Tar Heels
July 1963 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
i   1949 May Irwin PRF,REC, Mr. J. W. Myers REL
November 1951 Redd Stewart and His Kentucky Colonels
February 1937 Fiddlin' John Carson
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
April 1959 Smiley & Kitty with Rita Faye
January 1941 Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers
i 1949 (unknown)
September 1968 Stonewall Jackson
January 1943 Bill Cox and Cliff Hobbs
January 1940 Carolina Gospel Singers
listen on Internet Archive September 1940 J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies
1982 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
December 1938 Red Foley
April 1937 Vernon Dalhart
i 1949 Uncle "Am" Stuart
January 1937 Vernon Dalhart
Covered by (40 artists)
  1963 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1958 Simmons Sacred Singers
1958 Knippers Bros. & Parker
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
listen on Internet Archive February 1940 Fiddlin' Powers and Family
July 1963 Dan Quinn
April 1950 The Jenkins Family
December 1956 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elmo Tanner
November 1963 Rev. J.M. Gates
1967 Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
  February 1948 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
June 1947 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
1966 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1965 Edward Allen and Charles Hart
  June 1965 George Jones REC, Stonewall Jackson REL
July 1963 Ernest Thompson
i 1949 (unknown)
  1958 The Johnson Family Singers REC, Harmoneers Quartet REL
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
July 1940 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
August 1937 Byron G. Harlan
1963 Don Gibson
December 1936 Davis and Nelson
February 1942 Bill Carlisle and His Kentucky Home Boys
1963 Don Gibson
1967 Don Gibson
listen on Internet Archive   February 1940 Frank Crumit REC, Ina Duncan, Adelaide Hall and Arthur Porter PRF
December 1957 Dusty Owens and Donna Darlene with The Rodeo Boys
i Oswald's Dobro Chimes Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans Unverified
  1965 Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys REL, Hank Williams REC
October 1945 Bob Atcher & Bonnie Blue Eyes
January 1983 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
May 12, 1947 Rosalie Allen and The Black River Riders
August 24, 2009 Stonewall Jackson
i 1949 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen
  July 1963 Henry Whitter REL, Riley Puckett REC
August 1937 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
  July 1963 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
April 9, 1991 Lulu Belle and Scotty
1963 A.C. (Eck) Robertson
1967 Red Hays
1967 Hank Locklin and His Rocky Mountain Playboys
1958 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 Samantha Bumgarner
July 1963 Dick Bell
November 1963 John Reedy and His Stone Mtn. Hillbillys
1975 John Denver
1958 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
  March 1949 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
May 1955 Jimmy Work
December 1941 (unknown), Homer Rodeheaver
June 1955 (unknown)
  July 1963 May C. Hyers REL, Hattie Nevada REC
August 1948 Eddie Dean and His Boys
February 1949 Curly King and His Tennessee Hilltoppers
1963 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 12, 1947 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
July 1939 Ashley and Foster
1958 (unknown)
December 1947 Rome Johnson
June 1942 Dixon Brothers
November 1958 Leon Payne
July 1948 King's Sacred Quartette
1958 Stove Pipe No. 1 (Sam Jones)
1967 Ernest Tubb
1975 Don Gibson
November 1963 Molly O'Day and Lynn Davis
November 1963 Lulu Belle & Scotty and Five String Banjo
July 1963 George Reneau
1967 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 Isham Jones Orchestra
December 1938 (unknown), Hugh Cross
October 1945 Tex Ritter and His Texans
February 1949 (unknown)
1982 Gene Watson
June 1940 The Elders McIntorsh and Edwards' Sanctified Singers
(Roy Acuff) December 1936 (unknown)
1958 Harmoneers Quartet with Piano Accompaniment
1958 Rev. M. L. Thrasher and His Gospel Singers
February 1954 (unknown)
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 1940 William McEwan, Carter Family
May 1, 1989 William McEwan, Carter Family
June 1941 Ted Daffan's Texans
May 1940 Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)
December 1970 The Browns [US1]
April 1937 Gene Austin
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
April 1937 Gene Autry
February 1937 (unknown)
1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

Web Covers by Roy Acuff

Songs written by Roy Acuff

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Sinner's Death Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys November 19, 1947 Covered by Jay Armsworthy
As Long as I Live Roy Acuff Bailes Brothers February 17, 1945 Covered by (22 artists)
Automobile of Life Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys November 4, 1938 Covered by (2 artists)
Beneath That Lonely Mound of Clay Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 11, 1940 Covered by (6 artists)
Branded Wherever I Go Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys October 29, 1941 Covered by (7 artists)
Do You Wonder Why Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys June 4, 1942 Covered by (2 artists)
I'm Building a Home Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 6, 1938 Covered by Esco Hankins
I Think I'll Go Home And Cry Allen Acuff, Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys 1945 Missing information
Just to Ease My Worried Mind Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 11, 1940 Covered by (2 artists)
Living on the Mountain, Baby Mine Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 5, 1939 Covered by Bill Keith & Jim Rooney
Not a Word from Home Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys June 4, 1942 Covered by (3 artists)
Put My Rubber Doll Away Roy Acuff, George Edgins The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Vocal by Molly and Lynn December 14, 1946 Covered by (2 artists)
Searching for a Soldier's Grave Roy Acuff Bailes Brothers February 17, 1945 Covered by (10 artists)
Steamboat Whistle Blues Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans October 22, 1936 Covered by (3 artists)
Steel Guitar Blues Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans March 22, 1937 Covered by (2 artists)
Streamline Cannon Ball Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 1940 Covered by (21 artists)
Stuck Up Blues Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 29, 1941 Covered by Louvin Brothers
That Glory Bound Train Roy Acuff, Mac Odell Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys March 11, 1946 Covered by (10 artists)
The Battle of Armageddon Roy Acuff, Mac Odell Hank Williams and His Guitar November 1955 Covered by Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers
The Precious Jewel Roy Acuff Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 12, 1940 Covered by (18 artists)
Waiting for My Call to Glory Roy Acuff, Vito Pellettieri Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys March 11, 1946 Covered by Esco Hankins

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
All the World Is Lonely Now Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 1946 Columbia [US]
An Old Three Room Shack Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys May 1939 Vocalion [US]
A Sinner's Death Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys August 1948 Columbia [US]
Automobile of Life Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys August 1939 Vocalion [US]
Beautiful Brown Eyes Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys November 1939 Vocalion [US]
Be Honest with Me Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys June 1941 OKeh
Beneath That Lonely Mound of Clay Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys August 1940 OKeh
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys August 1947 Columbia [US]
Blues in My Mind Roy Acuff and His Smokey Mountain Boys February 1945 OKeh
Branded Wherever I Go Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys November 1941 OKeh
Brother Take Warning Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys December 1941 OKeh
Charmin' Betsy Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans February 1937 Melotone
Come and Knock (On the Door of My Heart) Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 1959 Hickory
Come Back Little Pal Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys January 1941 OKeh
Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys January 1943 OKeh
Drifting Too Far from the Shore Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys January 1940 Vocalion [US]
Farther Along Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys September 1940 OKeh
Fire Ball Mail Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys June 1942 OKeh
Gonna Have a Big Time Tonight Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans April 1937 Melotone
Great Speckle Bird Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans January 1937 Conqueror
Ida Red Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys September 1940 Conqueror
I Like Mountain Music Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys December 1956 Decca
I'm Building a Home Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys March 1940 Vocalion [US]
I'm Movin' On Roy Acuff November 1967 Hickory
I Saw the Light Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys February 1948 Columbia [US]
I Talk to Myself About You Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys June 1947 Columbia [US]
It's Too Late Now to Worry Anymore Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 1945 OKeh
Jesus Died for Me Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 1950 Columbia [US]
Just a Friend Roy Acuff November 1951 Columbia [US]
Life to Go Roy Acuff June 1965 Hickory
My Gal Sal Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys August 1937 Melotone
Night Train to Memphis Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys September 1942 OKeh
No One Will Ever Know Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys 1945 Columbia [US]
Old Fashioned Love Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys February 1940 Vocalion [US]
Once More Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys December 1957 Hickory
Pins and Needles (In My Heart) Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys October 1945 Columbia [US]
Rushing Around Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys February 1954 Capitol Records
She No Longer Belongs to Me Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans April 1937 Melotone
Shout, Oh Lulu Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 1939 Vocalion [US]
Smoky Mountain Rag Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys April 1940 Vocalion [US]
So Many Times Roy Acuff November 1958 Hickory
Steamboat Whistle Blues Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans December 1936 Vocalion [US]
Steel Guitar Blues Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans July 1937 Melotone
Stuck Up Blues Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 1941 OKeh
Sunshine Special Roy Acuff May 1954 Capitol Records
Sweeter Than the Flowers Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys March 1949 Columbia [US]
The Nearest Thing to Heaven Roy Acuff and The Smokey Mountain Boys September 1968 Hickory
The Night Spots (Of the Town) Roy Acuff May 1955 Capitol Records
The Pale Horse and His Rider Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys February 1949 Columbia [US]
The Prodigal Son Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys December 1943 OKeh
There's a Big Rock in the Road Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys May 12, 1947 Columbia [US]
The Rising Sun Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 1939 Vocalion [US]
The Streamlined Cannon Ball Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 1940 OKeh
The Waltz of the Wind Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys December 1947 Columbia [US]
They Can Only Fill One Grave Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys October 1947 Columbia [US]
Things That Might Have Been Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys February 1942 OKeh
This World Can't Stand Long Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys July 1948 Columbia [US]
Wabash Cannon Ball Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans December 1938 Vocalion [US]
Waiting for My Call to Glory Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys October 1946 Columbia [US]
When Lulu's Gone Bang Boys (Roy Acuff) December 1936 Vocalion [US]
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys June 1940 OKeh
Would You Care Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys May 1940 Vocalion [US]

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