Roy Acuff says he learned "The Wabash Cannonball" when he was just a kid living in East Tennessee near Knoxville.

2 “Wabash Cannonball” 1936 Acuff built his image on selecting the right older songs to cover. With “Wabash Cannonball,” he tugged at the heartstrings of older folks with memories of its ...

Roy Acuff, 89, the singer and fiddler who was known to millions of Grand Ole Opry listeners as the ”King of Country Music”; he performed his best-known songs, ”Wabash Cannonball,&… ...

Mr. Acuff, country music’s first superstar, sang and recorded such hits as The Great Speckled Bird, Wabash Cannonball, Fireball Mail and Night Train to Memphis.

He was best known for hits such as "Wabash Cannonball and "Tennessee Waltz." The fiddle was made by Evart Acuff, Roy Acuff's uncle, in 1945, using wood from a family farm.

But Roy Acuff stuck to singing “Wabash Cannonball” and “The Great Speckled Bird” and a stump speech in which he said, “I’m not a politician. I’m just a country boy trying to run ...

Roy Acuff recorded it in 1936, and its popularity grew. The Wabash Railroad, capitalizing on the song’s popular appeal, officially named its Detroit-St. Louis train the Cannonball in 1950.

Roy Acuff, the singer and fiddler who was known to millions of Grand Ole Opry listeners as the ”King of Country Music,” died Monday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was 89. He died … ...

Acuff died in 1992 at age 89. He was the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and was best known for hits such as "Wabash Cannonball and "Tennessee Waltz." ...

Acuff died in 1992 at age 89. He was the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and was best known for hits such as "Wabash Cannonball and "Tennessee Waltz." ...

A rare fiddle once owned by the late country music legend Roy Acuff was unveiled this week at the Mountain Music Museum.

Acuff died in 1992 at age 89. He was the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, best known for hits such as "Wabash Cannonball and "Tennessee Waltz." ...