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    • Nov 7, 1944
    Roy Acuff loses $100 in a bet with Ernest Tubb when Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Thomas Dewey for president
    Apr 20, 1945
    World War II reporter Ernie Pyle is buried in Okinawa, Japan. Accompanying the ceremony is Roy Acuff's recording "Great Speckled Bird"
    Aug 2, 1945
    Roy Acuff records "Pins And Needles (In My Heart)" at radio station WBBM in Chicago. He also cuts the Fred Rose song "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain," a future Willie Nelson hit; and "No One Will Ever Know," a future hit for Gene Watson
    Oct 21, 1945
    Roy Acuff leaves Nashville for Hollywood to film "Night Train To Memphis"
    Oct 25, 1945
    Filming begins on "Night Train To Memphis," starring Roy Acuff. As Acuff surfaces after diving to rescue a drowning woman, his hat remains on his head
    Apr 6, 1946
    Believing he can earn more money on the road than at the Grand Ole Opry, Roy Acuff makes what is supposed to be his final Opry appearance. He returns to the Nashville cast one year later
    Apr 13, 1946
    Red Foley debuts as the host of the Prince Albert segment of the Grand Ole Opry, taking the place of Roy Acuff, who left the Opry a week earlier
    Jun 28, 1946
    Roy Acuff tells a Chattanooga newspaper he won't run for governor of Tennessee
    Jul 12, 1946
    "Night Train To Memphis," starring Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys, debuts in movie theaters. It includes performances of the title song and "No One Will Ever Know," a future Gene Watson hit
    Jan 28, 1947
    Roy Acuff records "Wabash Cannonball," "(Our Own) Jole Blon" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles. Acuff had recorded the original version of "Wabash" 11 years prior, but this session marks the first time that Acuff--rather than a sideman--sings it on record
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