For a brief moment in country music history, Roy Acuff and Glen Campbell took a trip to Kornfield Kounty for an unforgettable performance.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Country Music Hall of Fame ® and Museum announced that Country Music Hall of Fame member Roy Acuff's cherished fiddle has been added to the ...

MAYNARDVILLE — If not for that blazing summer sun, Roy Acuff might have made it to baseball's big leagues — and country music might never have known one of its greatest stars. Acuff was born Sept. 15, ...

It's hard to imagine the Grand Ole Opry without Roy Acuff. The Maynardville, Tennessee native (and his fiddle) has a statue at its former home, The Ryman, next to Minnie Pearl, and his death in 1992 ...

It survived the bombs of World War II, flew across the Atlantic Ocean and sang in the hands of a country music legend for decades. Now, Roy Acuff’s prized fiddle has found a permanent home at the ...

East Tennessee native Roy Acuff was born Sept. 15, 1903 in Maynardville. He died in 1992 in Nashville. Last year, as documentarian Ken Burns looked on, musician Ketch Secor played a little tune live ...

Those of us in broadcasting have the opportunity to meet many famous people; it’s part of the business. At the top of my list of celebrities would have to be Roy Claxton Acuff, named by the late ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A fiddle that Goodwill believes was once owned by country music legend Roy Acuff is expected to generate thousands of dollars for the charitable organization in the Kansas City ...

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UNION COUNTY, Tenn. — Filmmaker Ken Burns' new country music documentary started airing this weekend — and in the Cradle of Country Music, it's causing a stir. Union County is a little county with a ...

Roy Acuff was synonymous with the fiddle. It was his constant companion, and when he wasn’t playing it on songs like “Night Train to Memphis,” it was in his hand. Or sometimes, balanced on his chin.