Roy Acuff, "King of the Hillbillies," "Backwoods Sinatra,"
"Caruso of Mountain Music," sold more records than any
other country star in the '30s and '40s. His image was so
powerful that legend has it that Japanese troops would
scream "To Hell with Babe Ruth- To Hell with Roy Acuff" as
they entered a battle; however untrue the story may be,
Acuff was the star of country music during its early days.
Acuff was born in Maynardsville, TN and was a minor league
baseball player before an injury ended his career. In the
wake of his disappointment, he began learning to play his
father's fiddle, and soon began playing with a traveling
medicine show. Acuff and the other musicians drew crowds to
the show, as it traveled through the South, so that the
doctor could hawk his con More...
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