roy accuff

BIOGRAPHIE
Dans sa jeunesse, il a souffert d'insolation (causé par le soleil), l'empêchant d'atteindre son rêve et de devenir joueur de baseball professionnel. Il a appris le violon et a rejoint un spectacle musical qui faisait un arrêt dans sa ville, Nashville ne désirant travailler qu'après le coucher du soleil. Dans des spectacles au sud des États-Unis, il a joué un numéro composé de vieilles chansons chantées avec un accompagnement joué par des instruments à cordes, des hymnes et quelques chansons populaire de cette époque, et il a aussi fait des sketches comiques (notamment au yo-yo). En 1933, il a formé le groupe Tennessee Crackerjacks avec lequel il a joué sur la radio de Knoxville. L'année suivante, le nom du groupe change pour les Crazy Tennesseans, qui ont commencé à enregister en 1936. Cette année-là, Roy Acuff a enregistré ses deux plus grands succès: Great Speckled Bird et Wabash Cannonball.
En 1938, le nom du groupe change encore, ils deviennent les Smoky Mountain Boys. Ils commencent à faire des apparitions au Grand Ole Opry de Nashville où Acuff se démarque comme artiste solo au sein du groupe. Des succès remarquables où l'on peut entendre sa voix aiguë et sèche datent de cette époque : Night Train to Memphis, Fire Ball Mail et Wreck on the Highway. Il a aussi joué dans des films des années 1940, tel The Grand Ole Opry.
En 1942, il fonde sa maison de disques avec Fred Rose, Acuff-Rose Music Publishing Company. Bien qu'il continue à enregistrer, ses succès ne sont rien comparés à son talent de producteur. Cette compagnie va grossir jusqu'à devenir la plus grosse compagnie de Country au monde. Sa popularité était telle qu'il a fait campagne pour le poste de gouverneur du Tennessee en 1944 et en 1948. Il a parcouru le monde pour divertir les gens lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et du Viêt Nam.
En 1962, il est introduit dans l'allée des célébrités de la musique Country. Ses honneurs les plus prestigieux sont le Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, en 1987, ainsi que la médaille Nationale de l'Art et le Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award, en 1992. Il a enregistré son dernier single en 1974. En 1983, il a déménagé dans une maison située dans le parc d'amusement d'Opryland où il est mort d'un arrêt cardio-circulatoire.

Roy Acuff and Bashful Brother Oswald --Wabash Cannonball--




Roy Acuff and Bashful Brother Oswald --Cabin In Gloryland




Roy Acuff Melba Montgomery Brother Oswald - Don't Know Why




FIREBALL MAIL Roy Acuff 1942

Roy Acuff Wreck Of The Old 97





ROY ACUFF-NUMBER 1 HIT OF 1940






ROY ACUFF-WORRIED MIND





Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys : Weary River ( 1940)




Brother Oswald and Roy Acuff "Girl I Love"




Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannonball (live)




ROY ACUFF: The Great TITANIC (traditional 'country music')

roy acuff/jole blon




ROY ACUFF / LONESOME JOE / SIXTEEN CHICKENS

Chanteur et fiddler Country US né Roy Claxton Acuff, le 15 septembre 1903 à Maynardsville (Tennessee). Roy Acuff débuta en 1930 dans le Doc Howers Medecine Show, puis il joua avec les Tennesseans sur la radio WNWX de Knoxville. Premier enregistrement en 1923 pour Arc Records. Dès 1938, Roy est devenu membre du Grand Ole Opry de Nashville (Tennessee). En 1946, il changea le nom du groupe en Smoky Mountains Boys et signa chez Columbia. En 1962, Roy Acuff fut le premier membre vivant élu au Country Music Hall Of Fame. Roy Acuff est mort à l'age de 89 ans le 23 novembre 1992.
Roy Acuff was called the King of Country Music, and for more than 60 years he lived up to that title. If any performer embodied country music, it was Roy Acuff. Throughout his career, Acuff was a champion for traditional country values, enforcing his beliefs as a performer, a music publisher, and as the Grand Master of the Grand Ole Opry. Acuff was the first country music superstar after the death of Jimmie Rodgers, pioneering an influential vocal style that complemented the spare, simple songs he was performing. Generations of artists, from Hank Williams to George Jones, have been influenced by Acuff, and countless others have paid respect to him. At the time of his death in 1992, he was still actively involved in the Grand Ole Opry, and was as popular as ever.
Originally, Acuff didn't plan to be a singer. Born in the small town of Maynardville, TN, in 1903, Acuff sang in the church choir as a schoolboy, but he was more interested in sports, particularly baseball. Not only was he attracted to the sport, he had a wild streak — after his family moved to Knoxville, he was frequently arrested for fighting. Acuff continued to concentrate on playing ball, eventually becoming strong enough to earn a tryout for the major leagues. However, that tryout never took place. Before he had a chance to play, he was struck by a severe sunstroke while he was on a fishing trip; after the sunstroke, Acuff suffered a nervous breakdown. While he was recovering, he decided that a career in baseball was no longer possible, so he decided to become an entertainer. He began to learn the fiddle and became an apprentice of Doc Hauer, a local medicine show man.
While traveling with the medicine show, Acuff learned how to be a performer — he learned how to sing, how to imitate, how to entertain, how to put on a show. Soon, Acuff joined the Tennessee Crackerjacks, who had a regular slot on Knoxville radio station WROL. Although he was performing frequently, he wasn't making any significant headway, failing to become a star in Tennessee. One song changed that situation — "The Great Speckled Bird," an old gospel tune that had become popular with the Church of God sect. After another radio entertainer wrote the words out to the song, Acuff began performing it in his shows. Quickly, he became popular throughout the eastern part of Tennessee and was asked to record the song by ARC, a record label with national distribution. Acuff headed north to Chicago for a recording session, which resulted in 20 different songs. In addition to "The Great Speckled Bird," he recorded "Steamboat Whistle Blues" and "The Wabash Cannonball," another Tennessee standard that featured the singer imitating the sound of a train whistle; he also made a handful of risqué numbers during these sessions, which were released under the name the Bang Boys.
In 1938, the Grand Ole Opry invited Acuff to audition for the show. During the show, he sang "The Great Speckled Bird" and became an instant hit, prompting the Opry to hire him full-time. Before he was given his regular slot, the Opry insisted that he change the name of his band to the Smoky Mountain Boys. The following year, Acuff reassembled his band, with the most notable addition being Bashful Brother Oswald (Pete Kirby), a dobro player who sang high harmonies.
Roy Acuff became a national superstar during the '40s, scoring a long string of hit records, which included the classics "The Wreck on the Highway," "The Precious Jewel," and "Beneath That Lonely Mound of Clay," among many others. During this time, he discovered that there was a potential gold mine in music publishing. Acuff had printed his own songbook, which sold a staggering 100,000 copies. Publishers in New York tried to acquire the rights to his songs, but the success of the songbook convinced Acuff to hold on to the songs and seek out the help of Fred Rose, a professional songwriter and pianist working in Chicago. The pair founded Acuff-Rose Publications in October 1942, using Acuff's songs as its base; Rose also added his songs, including "Faded Love," "Deep Water," and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain." Acuff-Rose was an immediate success, and over the next two decades many of the most popular songs and songwriters were the property of the company, including the songs of Hank Williams, the Louvin Brothers, Don Gibson, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, John D. Loudermilk, Boudleaux & Felice Bryant, and Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King's "Tennessee Waltz."
In the late '40s, Acuff continued to rule the country charts, as well as scoring a number of pop crossovers ("The Prodigal Son," "I'll Forgive You, But I Can't Forget"). For most of the '50s, he concentrated on touring — he didn't have a single charting record between 1947 and 1958, returning with the Top Ten hit "Once More," as well as two other Top 20 singles, "So Many Times" and "Come and Knock." In 1962, he became the first living performer to be inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. The '60s yielded some hits, yet he continued to concentrate on touring; by the end of the decade, he decided to leave the road, staying at the Grand Ole Opry.
The beginning of the '80s was a difficult period for Acuff, as he experienced the death of his wife and several longtime bandmembers, including pianist Jimmie Riddle and fiddler Howdy Forrester. In 1987, he released his final charting record, an inspirational duet with Charlie Louvin called "The Precious Jewel."
As his health began to decline in the late '80s, Acuff built a house near the Opry so he could greet friends and fans. He passed away in 1992, leaving behind a legacy that isn't limited to his music. Through his records, his performances, and Acuff-Rose, Roy Acuff has had an enormous effect on shaping the role of country music in the 20th century; it is hard to imagine the music without him.
Talents : Singer, Songwriter, Fiddle, Music Publisher, Yo Yo Expert
Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Country Gospel

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Roy ACUFF et Minnie PEARL

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