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Roy Acuff
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music," Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.
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The Early Albums Collection [2018]
King of Country Music: Foundation Recordings Comp [2016]
Country Legends Back to Back, Vol. 1 [2015]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I'm Movin' On | 2:54 |
I Don't Hurt Anymore | 2:58 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:55 |
The Golden Rocket | 2:47 |
Great Speckled bird | 3:00 |
The Precious Jewel | 2:53 |
Music Makin' Mama From Memphis | 2:26 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:51 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:50 |
Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels: The Blissed-Out Birth of Country Rock, Vol. 5: 1972 [2015]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 4:49 |
Country Music Stars [2014]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hey Good Lookin' | 2:21 |
Why Don't You Love Me | 1:48 |
Mansion on the Hill | 2:51 |
You Win Again | 2:40 |
Kawliga | 2:50 |
Jambalaya | 2:08 |
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight | 2:25 |
I Can't Help It | 2:17 |
Take These Chains From My Heart | 2:23 |
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | 2:41 |
Countrypolitan Classics: Roy Acuff [2013]
Forever [2013]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Steel Guitar Blues | 2:51 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:17 |
The Streamlined Cannonball | 2:44 |
The Precious Jewel | 2:45 |
Mule Skinner Blues | 2:49 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:49 |
Fireball Mail | 2:34 |
The Prodigal Son | 2:46 |
Low and Lonely | 2:34 |
(Our Own) Jole Blon | 2:52 |
Freight Train Blues | 3:04 |
Unloved and Unclaimed | 2:51 |
Waltz of the Wind | 2:35 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:52 |
Sunshine Special | 2:19 |
Lonely Mound of Clay | 2:50 |
The Great Titanic | 2:47 |
The Hot 100: Country Classics, Vol. 1 [2013]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Night Train to Memphis | 2:54 |
Great Speckled Bird | 2:54 |
Jole Blon | 2:51 |
The Hot 100: Country Classics, Vol. 3 [2013]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freight Train Blues | 2:48 |
Low and Lonely | 2:37 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:49 |
Country Kings, Vol. 3: Acuff, Stewart, Gibson [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
We Live in Two Different Worlds | 2:22 |
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) | 2:21 |
Lonely Mound of Clay | 2:36 |
Sunshine Special | 2:23 |
Woman (Sensuous Woman) | 3:18 |
God Bless the U.S.A.: The Best of American Country, Volume One [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Love You Because | 2:31 |
God Bless the U.S.A.: The Best of American Country, Volume Two [2012]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sunshine Special | 2:23 |
The King of Country Music [Red Bus] [2012]
Bob Dylan's Country Selection: Original Versions Of The Songs Dylan Covered [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? | 2:16 |
Red River Valley [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Branded Wherever I Go | 2:10 |
I Love You Because | 2:31 |
Lonely Mound of Clay | 2:36 |
No One Will Ever Know | 2:57 |
The Great Titanic | 2:34 |
Searchin' for Happiness [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Wreck On the Highway | 2:29 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:17 |
Pins and Needles | 2:36 |
Low and Lonely | 2:10 |
Wait for the Light to Shine | 1:56 |
Sing A Country Song [2011]
Sunshine Special [Red Bus] [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sunshine Special | 2:23 |
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight | 2:29 |
The Wreck of the Old 97 | 2:19 |
Pan American | 2:38 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:04 |
Fireball Mail | 2:13 |
Life's Railway to Heaven | 2:27 |
Streamlined Cannon Ball | 2:31 |
Waltz of the Wind [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Turn Your Radio On | 2:13 |
That Glory Bound Train | 1:59 |
I Saw the Light | 2:07 |
The Great Speckled Bird | 2:43 |
Waltz of the Wind [#2] [2011]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Waltz of the Wind | 2:12 |
Satisfied Mind | 2:41 |
Candy Kisses | 2:34 |
Don't Let Me Cross Over | 2:39 |
Easy Rockin' Chair | 2:11 |
Filipino Baby | 3:20 |
Your Cheatin' Heart [2011]
Famous Country Music Makers [#1] [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | 2:43 |
Great Speckle Bird | 2:54 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:46 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:53 |
The Precious Jewel | 2:48 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:51 |
Low and Lonely | 2:34 |
We Live in Two Different Worlds | 2:49 |
Waltz of the Wind | 2:36 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:53 |
Fireball Mail | 2:34 |
The Prodigal Son | 2:46 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:45 |
I Saw the Light | 2:44 |
Pins and Needles | 2:46 |
(Our Own) Jole Blon | 2:53 |
Be Honest with Me | 2:45 |
Greatest Hits [Curb] [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Wabash Cannonball | 2:38 |
The Great Speckled Bird | 2:43 |
Uncle Pen | 2:07 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:29 |
Unloved and Unclaimed | 2:27 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:04 |
Back in the Country | 2:14 |
His Earliest Recordings [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | 3:01 |
Jole Blon | 2:59 |
Low and Lonely | 2:40 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:55 |
Steel Guitar Blues | 3:00 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:59 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:52 |
King of the Hillbillies, Vol. 1 [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Great Speckled Bird | 2:55 |
The Automobile of Life | 2:47 |
The Precious Jewel | 2:47 |
Lonesome Old River Blues | 2:48 |
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) | 2:52 |
Be Honest with Me | 2:44 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:51 |
The Prodigal Son | 2:47 |
Low and Lonely | 2:35 |
Music Inspired by O Brother, Where Art Thou? [2007]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | |
Great Speckled Bird | |
Lonesome Old River Blues | |
Freight Train Blues |
Country Music Legends [Castle Pulse] [2006]
Country Music Legends [RCR] [2006]
Just a Closer Walk with Thee [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
That Glory Bound Train | 1:59 |
I Saw the Light | 2:08 |
Life's Railway to Heaven | 2:28 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 3:48 |
Country Hit Parade [2005]
Greatest Gospel Songs [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Life's Railway to Heaven | 2:29 |
I Saw the Light | 2:08 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 3:45 |
King of Country [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Precious Jewel | 3:17 |
The Wreck on the Highway | 2:27 |
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | 2:34 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:26 |
Fireball Mail | 2:11 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:33 |
Back in the Country | 2:14 |
Old Time Sunshine Song | 2:27 |
The Definitive Real Country Collection [2005]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:16 |
(Our Own) Jole Blon | 2:53 |
Beautiful Brown Eyes [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 2:18 |
The Streamlined Cannonball | 2:44 |
The Precious Jewel | 2:48 |
Mule Skinner Blues | 2:52 |
Be Honest With Me | 2:45 |
It Won't Be Long (Til I'm Leaving) | 2:50 |
Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | 2:55 |
Lonesome Old River Blues | 2:48 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:45 |
David Allan Coe Presents Roy Acuff [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | 2:40 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:26 |
Mansion on the Hill | 2:52 |
Hey Good Lookin' | 2:21 |
I Love You Because | 2:29 |
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) | 2:18 |
Fireball Mail [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wreck on the Highway | 2:46 |
Fireball Mail | 2:34 |
I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven | 2:42 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:51 |
The Prodigal Son | 2:46 |
Low and Lonely | 2:34 |
Easy Rockin' Chair | 2:33 |
Wait for the Light to Shine | 2:36 |
We Live in Two Different Worlds | 2:48 |
Gospel Favorites [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Saw the Light | 2:10 |
The Great Speckled Bird | 2:43 |
That Glory Bound Train | 2:00 |
Turn Your Radio On | 2:14 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 3:49 |
Life's Railway to Heaven | 2:28 |
King of Country Music [Proper Box] [2004]
Once More It's Roy Acuff/King of Country Music [2004]
Sings American Folk Songs/Hand-Clapping Gospel Songs [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Great Titanic | 2:33 |
Turn Your Radio On | 2:12 |
Wait for the Light to Shine | 1:57 |
The That Glory Bound Train | 1:57 |
I Saw the Light | 2:06 |
The Best Of You Can't Hear Me Callin' Bluegrass: 80 Years Of American Music [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckle Bird | 2:55 |
The Best of Roy Acuff [Music Mill] [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | 2:40 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:18 |
Hey, Good Lookin' | 2:24 |
Jambalaya | 2:25 |
The Great Speckled Bird | 2:42 |
I Saw the Light | 2:07 |
The Essential Roy Acuff [Columbia] [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | 2:53 |
The Precious Jewel | 2:47 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:47 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:49 |
Fireball Mail | 2:32 |
Low and Lonely | 2:34 |
Wait for the Light to Shine | 2:34 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:38 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:40 |
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | 2:41 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:56 |
I Saw the Light | 2:42 |
The Prodigal Son [2004]
Very Best of Roy Acuff: Wabash Cannonball [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | 2:36 |
Great Speckled Bird | 2:55 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:46 |
Fireball Mail | 2:34 |
Mule Skinner Blues | 2:51 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:37 |
I Saw the Light | 2:43 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:57 |
(Our Own) Jole Blon | 2:51 |
Wabash Canonball [Proper] [2004]
Tribute to Hank Williams [Direct Source] [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hey Good Lookin' | 2:26 |
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | 2:44 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Trilogy [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Precious Jewel | 4:09 |
I Saw the Light | 4:21 |
Country, Bluegrass and Mountain Music [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | 2:56 |
The Streamlined Cannonball | 2:48 |
Country, Vol. 2: Country Gospel 1929-1946 [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
It Won't Be Long (Till I'll Be Leaving) | 2:49 |
The Prodigal Son | 2:48 |
Golden Greats: Greatest Country Hits [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Prodigal Son | 2:46 |
Waltz of the Wind | 2:35 |
Jolé Blon | 2:51 |
Oh Boy Classics Presents: Roy Acuff [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | 2:38 |
The Wreck on the Highway | 2:27 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 3:48 |
Fireball Mail | 2:10 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:16 |
I Saw the Light | 2:08 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:03 |
Great Speckled Bird | 2:41 |
The Great Titanic | 2:36 |
Branded Wherever I Go | 2:11 |
Back in the Country | 2:16 |
20 Greatest Songs [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Jolé Blon | 2:39 |
Waltz of the Wind | 2:09 |
I Saw the Light | 2:05 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 3:47 |
Branded Wherever I Go | 2:11 |
Great Speckled Bird | 1:09 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:37 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:15 |
The Wreck on the Highway | 2:25 |
Fireball Mail | 2:09 |
Wait for the Light to Shine | 1:57 |
Unloved and Unclaimed | 2:26 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:03 |
Back in the Country | 2:15 |
Hear the Mighty Rush of Engine [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Night Train to Memphis | 2:50 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:59 |
(Our Own) Jole Blon | 2:52 |
The Crazy Tennessean [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | 2:53 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:36 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:35 |
Steel Guitar Blues | 2:53 |
Jolé Blon | 2:52 |
Waltz of the Wind | 2:35 |
Low and Lonely | 2:33 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:52 |
The Streamlined Cannonball | 2:43 |
Automobile of Life | 2:46 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:48 |
The Good News According to Mr. Roy Acuff [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Saw the Light | 2:08 |
The Automobile of Life | 2:47 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:15 |
Life's Railway to Heaven | 2:27 |
Wait for the Light to Shine | 1:58 |
That Glory Bound Train | 1:57 |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 3:46 |
As Good as It Gets: Hillbilly [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wreck on the Highway | 2:45 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:51 |
Great Speckled Bird | 2:54 |
Country Music Hall of Fame: 1962 [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Great Speckled Bird | 2:53 |
The Precious Jewel | 2:46 |
Tennessee Waltz | 2:55 |
The Prodigal Son | 2:47 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:34 |
I Saw the Light | 2:42 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:37 |
The Waltz of the Wind | 2:33 |
American Roots: A History of American Folk Music [Disc 3] [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | 2:53 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:47 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:47 |
World of Country & Western, Vol. 3 [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Night Train to Memphis | 2:50 |
It Won't Be Long (Till I'll Be Leaving) | 3:00 |
King of Country Music (1936-1947) [1998]
Greatest Hits [Cema Special Markets] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | 2:46 |
Great Speckled Bird | 2:49 |
Fireball Mail | 2:21 |
Sunshine Special | 2:19 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:09 |
The Wreck on the Highway | 3:03 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:06 |
The Essential Roy Acuff: 1936-1949 [1992]
The Best of Roy Acuff [Curb] [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | 3:50 |
Waltz of the Wind | 2:13 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:29 |
Turn Your Radio On | 2:15 |
Old Time Sunshine Song | 2:31 |
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | 2:24 |
Life's Railway to Heaven | 2:29 |
Jolé Blon | 2:39 |
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 1: The Golden Age [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | 2:52 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:45 |
I Saw the Light | 2:41 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:33 |
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | 2:40 |
Columbia Historic Edition [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Streamlined Cannon Ball | 2:43 |
Lonesome Old River Blues [#] | 2:49 |
Wabash Cannonball | 2:51 |
Steel Guitar Blues | 2:54 |
Low and Lonely | 2:34 |
Wonder Is All I Do [#] | 2:31 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:45 |
Historic Edition [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Streamlined Cannonball | |
Lonesome Old River Blues | |
Wabash Cannonball | |
Steel Guitar Blues | |
Wonder Is All I Do | |
Freight Train Blues |
King of Country Music [TeeVee] [1982]
That's Country [1975]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | |
We Live in Two Different Worlds | |
Turn Your Radio On | |
That Glory Bound Train |
Wabash Cannonball [1975]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | |
Night Train to Memphis | |
Fireball Mail | |
Great Speckled Bird | |
Precious Jewel | |
Wreck on the Highway | |
Lonely Mound of Clay |
Back in the Country [1974]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Back in the Country | |
(Our Own) Jole Blon | |
Old Time Sunshine Song |
Why Is [1972]
Will the Circle Be Unbroken [1972]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Precious Jewel | 4:09 |
Precious Jewel | |
Wreck on the Highway | 3:25 |
The Wreck on the Highway | 3:25 |
I Saw the Light | 4:21 |
Greatest Hits [Collectables] [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Wabash Cannonball | 2:46 |
The Great Speckled Bird | 2:49 |
Fire Ball Mail | 2:21 |
Sunshine Special | 2:19 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:09 |
The Wreck on the Highway | 3:03 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:06 |
Greatest Hits [Columbia] [1970]
I Saw the Light [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Turn Your Radio on | |
Wait for the Light to Shine | |
That Glory Bound Train | |
I Saw the Light |
Night Train to Memphis [1970]
The Best of Roy Acuff [Capitol] [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | |
Great Speckled Bird | |
Fireball Mail | |
Sunshine Special | |
The Precious Jewel | |
The Wreck on the Highway | |
Night Train to Memphis |
Living Legend [1968]
Famous Opry Favorites [1967]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I'm Movin' on | |
Tomorrow Never Comes | |
Candy Kisses | |
I Love You Because | |
Filipino Baby | |
I'll Go on Alone | |
Foggy River | |
Satisfied Mind | |
Don't Let Me Cross Over | |
Uncle Pen |
Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams [1966]
Great Train Songs [1965]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | 2:39 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:29 |
Sunshine Special [#] | 2:23 |
That Glory Bound Train | 1:57 |
Wreck of the Old 97 | 2:18 |
Pan American | 2:38 |
Freight Train Blues | 2:03 |
Fireball Mail | 2:11 |
Life's Railway to Heaven | 2:25 |
The Great Roy Acuff [1965] [1964]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Lonesome Old River Blues | |
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) | |
Be Honest With Me | |
It Won't Be Long (Till I'll Be Leaving) |
Country Music Hall of Fame [1963]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | |
Wreck on the Highway | |
Wabash Cannonball | |
Streamlined Cannonball | |
Low and Lonely | |
Great Titanic | |
Wait for the Light to Shine | |
That Glory Bound Train | |
I Saw the Light |
Star of the Grand Ol' Opry [1963]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Streamlined Cannonball | |
Branded Wherever I Go | |
Low and Lonely |
The World is His Stage [1963]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sunshine Special | |
Wreck on the Highway | |
I Saw the Light | |
Wabash Cannonball | |
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight |
King of Country Music: All Time Greatest Hits [1962]
That Glory Bound Train [1961]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | |
That Glory Bound Train | |
I Saw the Light | |
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? | |
I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven |
Great Speckled Bird [1958]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckled Bird | |
Wreck on the Highway | |
Fireball Mail | |
Precious Jewel | |
Tennessee Waltz | |
Wabash Cannonball | |
Freight Train Blues | |
Wait for the Light to Shine | |
Low and Lonely |
Songs of the Smokey Mountains [1955]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wabash Cannonball | 2:47 |
Great Speckled Bird | 2:50 |
Fireball Mail | 2:23 |
Night Train to Memphis | 2:09 |
The Wreck on the Highway | 3:05 |
The Precious Jewel | 3:10 |
The Great Titanic | 2:48 |
Lonely Mound of Clay | 2:52 |
Old Time Barn Music [1951]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Wreck on the Highway | |
Fireball Mail | |
Precious Jewel | |
Wabash Cannonball | |
Freight Train Blues | |
Wait for the Light to Shine | |
Low and Lonely |
Country & Western [Documents #2]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Great Speckle Bird | 2:53 |
Wreck on the Highway | 2:44 |
Fireball Mail | 2:32 |
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