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Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.
Spring Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee located at 5110 Gallatin Pike South in the neighborhood of Madison.It holds over 40,000 graves. Prior to the establishment of the cemetery, the Davidson Academy (a precursor to the University of Nashville) was located in a stone house at this location.
A life-sized statue of Minnie Pearl sits on a pew alongside a statue of Roy Acuff in the lobby of Ryman Auditorium. On February 23, 1947, Colley married Henry R. Cannon, who had been an Army Air Corps fighter pilot during World War II and was then a partner in an air charter service. After the wedding, Cannon set up his own air charter service ...
The Grand Ole Opry House, Roy Acuff Theater (later renamed BellSouth Acuff Theater), and the Grand Ole Opry Museum remained in constant use throughout and after demolition of the park. The buildings that once housed the Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl museums eventually became the administrative offices of WSM radio. The Gaslight Theater became home ...
The South Shore is home to some of the oldest settlements in the United States, as well as burial grounds full of historical figures.
Roy Acuff (1970) Anna Maria Alberghetti; Ann-Margret; The Australian Beaumarks; Carroll Baker; Las Vegas entertainer Al Bello; Johnny Bench; Polly Bergen; Joey Bishop; Vida Blue; Jimmy Boyd; James Brown; Les Brown; Anita Bryant; John W. Bubbles; Raymond Burr; Sebastian Cabot; Vikki Carr; Jerry Colonna; Chuck Connors; Louis Cottrell Jr. Phil ...
The disaster inspired several songs, the most famous being the ballad first recorded commercially by Virginia musicians G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter. [6] Vernon Dalhart's version was released in 1924 (Victor Record no. 19427), sometimes cited as the first million-selling country music release in the American record industry, with Carson Robison playing guitar and Dalhart playing harmonica.
The grave, once in disrepair, was restored in 2006 by admirers. Franz von Suppé: 1895 Composer Wiener Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria Joan Sutherland: 2010 Opera singer Clarens-Montreux Cemetery, Montreux, Switzerland Beside her grave is the future final resting place of her widower, conductor Richard Bonynge. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: 1621 ...