Roy Acuff - Radio Show Part 2 (1954).

In 1954 Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys went to WSM's Studio C in Nashville, TN.
Over TEN Days They Recorded Fifty Two Fifteen Minute Radio Shows for Royal Crown Cola
A Major Sponsor of the Grand Ole Opry
The Shows were Pressed onto 16" Acetate Discs One Show Per Side and sent to Radio Stations.
Of 160 Titles They never repeated a Song
Only SEVEN were Commercially Recorded

Roy Acuff (vcls), Bashful Brother Oswald (tenor vcls, Resonator gt (dobro), banjo), Joe Zinkan (gt), Howdy Forrester (fiddle),
Curly Rhodes (bass), Jimmy Riddle (piano, harmonica)
Whitey Ford (comedy, Duke of Paducah)

Born Roy Claxton Acuff in Maynardsville, TN (1903 - 1992)

aka "King of Country Music"

Active from 1936 to 1992

1962 First Living Person to be Inducted into
Country Music Hall of Fame

1984 Academy of Country Music Pioneer

1991 National Medal of Arts
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