On March 15, 1974, the Grand Ole Opry country music radio show closed its run at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee ...

Sometime back in the 1920s, Hassie Gresham was walking through the halls of the old Central High School when she heard ...

Before he was one of the pioneers in country and bluegrass music, Roy Acuff’s mission was to be a big-league ballplayer. A bout with sunstroke and the subsequent inability to be in sunlight for ...

Country music star Roy Acuff paused his busy schedule on Sept. 13, 1958, to meet local Republican candidates at the SEMO District Fair, captured in a rare photo from the Southeast Missourian archive.

LGBTQ+ musicians have always played a part in country music, but even today they are being kept just outside the spotlight.

So, he hired a 48-year-old Roy Acuff. The play-by-play announcer became known as “The Voice of the Missions” during his 25-year career in the Alamo City. “Roy was a big part of our staff and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tuesday, Aug. 20, marked the grand opening of the new WSM studio in the Roy Acuff Theatre. WSM, which had previously broadcasted from the Opry Resort, now has a permanent ...

His parents met at a Roy Acuff concert and Crowell was only two years old when his father insisted on taking him to see Hank Williams perform. By age eleven, he was playing in his father’s honky ...

Randy Travis and Roy Acuff inducted Jackson into the institution. After accepting the honor, he sang “Here in the Real World,” his first hit single. “I worked with this guy on about 54 shows ...

On the 2024-25 team, IMG has five Division I commits, including Acuff, signed with Arkansas, and three more uncommitted four-stars. So the St. Mary's star, who signed with Michigan basketball in ...

With the Grand Ole Opry celebrating its 100th anniversary, the legendary show will travel to London for special event.