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11949 Mar 19, 1950 Roy Acuff begins a 10-day tour of Alaska with shows for U.S. military personnel, sponsored by the... ak
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11948 Nov 27, 1949 A two-week Grand Ole Opry tour of American military bases in Europe, sponsored by the Air Force,...
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11947 Oct 23, 1992 Roy Acuff performs on both shows at the Grand Ole Opry. It proves to be his final appearance on the... Grand Ole Opry House Nashville tn
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11946 Dec 31, 2014 Blake Shelton performs during "NBC's New Year's Eve With Carson Daly," joined in the lineup by...
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11945 Dec 8, 1991 Roy Acuff is the first country artist recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors, attended by...
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11944 Dec 8, 1991 Roy Acuff is the first country artist recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors, attended by... Kennedy Center Washington dc
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11943 Dec 9, 1987 A TV special honors recipients of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. Roy Acuff and the late...
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11942 Oct 19, 1985 Roy Acuff performs "I'll Fly Away" and "Night Train To Memphis" on the Grand... Grand Ole Opry House Nashville tn
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11941 Sep 15, 1985 For his 82nd birthday, Roy Acuff is sent by WSM Radio to Atlanta, where he sits in owner Ted... Fulton County Stadium Atlanta ga
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11940 May 28, 1985 Roy Acuff sells Acuff-Rose Music--including songs written by Hank Williams, Don Gibson, Roy...
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11939 Jul 28, 1984 Roy Acuff is released from the hospital after an 11-day stay, following severe chest pains caused... Nashville tn
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11938 Jul 17, 1984 Roy Acuff is hospitalized for 11 days when a bout with angina causes chest pains Nashville tn
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11937 Jul 8, 1984 Roy Acuff returns home after a week of hospitalization with angina Nashville tn
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11936 Sep 14, 1991 Linda Demonbreun, daughter of Smoky Mountain Boys Dobro player Bashful Brother Oswald, dies in... Nashville tn
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11935 Jul 20, 1980 Rachel Veach, a former banjo player for Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, dies of breast cancer in... Nashville tn
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11934 May 15, 1983 Bashful Brother Oswald marries Euneta Orene Adams at the former home of the Grand Ole Opry,...
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11933 Jul 8, 1981 Less than a month after the death of Roy Acuff's wife, Lola Oswald, the wife of Smoky Mountain Boy... Nashville tn
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11932 Mar 16, 1983 CBS-TV shoots a special at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall, celebrating the Country Music...
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11931 Mar 16, 1983 CBS-TV shoots a special at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall, celebrating the Country Music... Constitution Hall Washington dc
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11930 Jun 12, 1982 Jimmie Riddle, of the Smoky Mountain Boys, undergoes surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital.... Baptist Hospital Nashville tn
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11929 May 29, 1982 Harmonica player Jimmie Riddle, of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, passes out between Grand Ole... Baptist Hospital Nashville tn
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11928 Mar 1, 1982 Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Gene Autry and Charlie Daniels are among the numerous...
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11927 Feb 24, 1982

Roy Acuff records eight songs in a Nashville studio, including a duet with Boxcar Willie,...

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11926 Sep 20, 1981 Nashville mayor Richard Fulton announces that two blocks of Hawkins Street on Music Row will be...
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11925 Jun 19, 1981 Services are held for Mildred Acuff, wife of Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff, at the... Phillips-Robinson funeral home Nashville tn
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11924 Oct 25, 1972 Roy Acuff becomes a grandfather when Roy Neill Acuff's son, Alex Wolfgang Acuff, is born in... Nashville tn
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11923 Oct 23, 1965 Roy Acuff Jr. makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, introduced by his legendary father. On an encore,... Ryman Auditorium Nashville tn
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11922 Sep 30, 1965 Roy Acuff Jr. makes his first recordings, covering his father's "Wabash Cannonball" during a... Columbia Recording Studios Nashville tn
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11921 Feb 25, 2002 Buddy and Julie Miller appear in Los Angeles as a duo for the first time, performing at the Roxy... Roxy Theatre Los Angeles ca
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11920 Oct 13, 1976 Roy Acuff is hospitalized in Nashville. Eight days later, his gall bladder is removed Nashville tn
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11919 Sep 16, 1968 Roy Acuff is named the head of the Tennessee Citizens For Nixon-Agnew Committee, as Richard Nixon... tn
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11918 Nov 23, 1948 Filming wraps on the movie "Home In San Antone," starring Roy Acuff
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11917 Jul 31, 1948 Filming ends on "Smoky Mountain Melody," starring Roy Acuff
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11916 Mar 9, 1968 Irene Ryan, who plays Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies," is a special guest on the Grand Ole Opry Ryman Auditorium Nashville tn
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11915 Sep 17, 1969 Roy Acuff's mother, Ida Acuff, dies at the Hendersonville Nursing Home in Tennessee Hendersonville Nursing Home Hendersonville tn
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11914 Jun 6, 1966 From one Hall of Famer to another: Roy Acuff records an entire album in one day, "For The First...
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11913 Jun 6, 1966 From one Hall of Famer to another: Roy Acuff records an entire album in one day, "For The First...
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11912 Jan 1, 1952 Wesley Rose, future Country Music Hall of Famer, is cut in on the family business, as father Fred...
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11911 Jul 10, 1967 Roy Acuff and Wesley Rose attend as Acuff-Rose opens a new, multi-million-dollar building on... Nashville tn
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11910 May 18, 1985 U.S. vice president George Bush makes a brief appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, offering a hug to... Grand Ole Opry House Nashville tn
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11909 Mar 1, 1982 NBC-TV's "Roy Acuff--50 Years The King Of Country Music" features a raft of stars, including Merle...
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11908 Jul 31, 1965 Three weeks after a near-fatal car crash, Roy Acuff begins using crutches
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11907 Jul 22, 1965 Following a near-fatal car wreck 12 days earlier, Roy Acuff cancels all his remaining dates for the...
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11906 Feb 13, 1967 The Grand Ole Opry visits Reno. Roy Acuff heads a group of Opry members who make a stand at... Harrah's Reno nv
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11905 Dec 17, 1963 Roy Acuff begins a four-week stand at The Mint in Las Vegas The Mint Las Vegas nv
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11904 Mar 5, 1963 Roy Acuff declines a flight in a small airplane that would return him from Kansas City to...
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11903 Jan 25, 1938 The Dixon Brothers record the first version of the Roy Acuff classic "Wreck On The Highway" during... Charlotte nc
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11902 Oct 29, 1957 After recording for Columbia and Capitol, Roy Acuff holds his first recording session for Hickory...
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11901 Aug 5, 1961 Jackie Phelps debuts as a guitarist with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys during a show in Altamont,... Altamont il
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11900 Sep 30, 1960 Guitarist June Stearns debuts as a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
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