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<p><b>Roy Claxton Acuff</b> (* <a href="15._September" title="15. September">15. September</a> <a href="1903" title="1903">1903</a> in <a href="Maynardville" title="Maynardville">Maynardville</a>, <a href="Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>; † <a href="23._November" title="23. November">23. November</a> <a href="1992" title="1992">1992</a> in <a href="Nashville" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>, Tennessee) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Country-Musik" title="Country-Musik">Countrysänger</a> und <a href="Musikverleger" title="Musikverleger">Musikverleger</a>. Er war einer der größten und einflussreichsten Stars der Countrymusik in der Zeit zwischen dem Tod von <a href="Jimmie_Rodgers_(Countrymusiker)" title="Jimmie Rodgers (Countrymusiker)">Jimmie Rodgers</a> 1933 und dem Aufstieg von <a href="Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a> Ende der 1940er Jahre. Er verkaufte mehr als dreißig Millionen Schallplatten und wurde mit den größten Ehrungen seines Genres ausgezeichnet.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
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<p>Roy Acuff, ein Sohn des Baptistenpredigers Simon E. Neill Acuff, stand am Beginn einer vielversprechenden Karriere als Profi-<a href="Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a>-Spieler, als er durch einen beim Angeln erlittenen <a href="Hitzeschaden" title="Hitzeschaden">Sonnenstich</a> für mehrere Monate ans Bett gefesselt wurde. Notgedrungen gab er seine sportlichen Ambitionen auf und versuchte sich als Musiker. Zunächst schloss er sich einer der für diese Jahre typischen Medicine-Shows an, die von Jahrmarkt zu Jahrmarkt tingelten und mittels Musik und Show-Einlagen Gesundheitsprodukte an den Mann brachten.
</p><p>1933 schloss er sich den <i>Tennessee Crackerjacks</i> an, die regelmäßig im Radio auftraten. Drei Jahre später nahm er einige Schallplatten auf. Darunter waren auch die Songs, die ihn wenig später berühmt machten: <i>The Great Speckled Bird</i> und <i><a href="Wabash_Cannonball" title="Wabash Cannonball">Wabash Cannonball</a></i>. Zwei Jahre später bekam er die Chance, in der <a href="Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> aufzutreten. Sein Auftritt war so erfolgreich, dass er für weitere Konzerte unter Vertrag genommen wurde.
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<p>Roy Acuff wurde schnell zum beliebtesten Star der Grand Ole Opry. Noch heute ist sein Name nahezu untrennbar mit dieser Institution verbunden. Auch außerhalb der Countryszene wuchs seine Popularität stetig. Nach Eintritt der USA in den Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde er zu einer nationalen Symbolfigur. Ab 1944 bewarb er sich mehrmals um den Gouverneursposten von Tennessee.
</p><p>1942 gründete er mit dem Songwriter <a href="Fred_Rose_(Musiker)" title="Fred Rose (Musiker)">Fred Rose</a> in <a href="Nashville" title="Nashville">Nashville</a> den <a href="Acuff-Rose" title="Acuff-Rose">Acuff-Rose</a>-Musikverlag, der Stars wie <a href="Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a>, <a href="The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">The Everly Brothers</a> oder <a href="Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a> unter Vertrag nahm.
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<p>Im Jahr 1948 hatte Acuff seinen letzten Top-20-Hit in den C&W-Charts. Danach ließen seine Plattenverkäufe spürbar nach, und er konzentrierte sich auf Auftritte in der Grand Ole Opry. Erst 1958 hatte er erneut einen Hit mit <i>Once More</i> und 1959 war er zum letzten Mal in den C&W-Charts vertreten.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mit mehreren Konzerten in Vietnam unterstützte er die dort kämpfenden GIs. Im Jahr 1972 überraschte der konservative Acuff C&W-Fans, als er sich an dem Album <i>Will the Circle Be Unbroken</i> der vergleichsweise unkonventionellen <a href="Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" title="Nitty Gritty Dirt Band">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a> beteiligte. Die Platte hatte großen Erfolg und wurde mit <a href="Goldene_Schallplatte" title="Goldene Schallplatte">Platin</a> ausgezeichnet.
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<p>Acuff erhielt für seine Verdienste um die Plattenindustrie einen Stern auf dem <a href="Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> und wurde 1962 als erster zu Lebzeiten in die <a href="Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> aufgenommen. Im Foyer des <a href="Ryman_Auditorium" title="Ryman Auditorium">Ryman Auditoriums</a> (in dem bis 1974 die Grand Ole Opry beheimatet war) steht eine Bronzeplastik, die Roy Acuff und seine Kollegin und gute Freundin <a href="Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a> auf einer Bank sitzend zeigt.
</p><p>Roy Acuff starb 1992 im Alter von 89 Jahren an Herzversagen.
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<p>Seit 1936 war Roy Acuff mit Mildred Douglas († 1981) verheiratet. Der Ehe entstammen zwei Kinder, ein Sohn und eine Tochter.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th class="charts-th" colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_200" title="US"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Country"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Country</a>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1974
</td>
<td>Back in the Country
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>44<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>
<table class="wikitable charts-table charts-stickyhead charts-zebragrey" style="text-align:center;">
<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:300px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">Album</span>
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Billboard40_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard40-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Album</i>, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="US"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Country"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1944
</td>
<td>The Prodigal Son<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>13<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>4<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>I’ll Forgive You but I Can’t Forget<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>21<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>3<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Write Me Sweetheart<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1947
</td>
<td>(Our Own) Jole Blon<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>4<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="5" class="charts-yy">1948
</td>
<td><a href="The_Waltz_of_the_Wind" title="The Waltz of the Wind">The Waltz of the Wind</a><br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>13<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Unloved and Unclaimed<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>15<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>This World Can’t Stand Long<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Tennessee Waltz<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>A Sinner’s Death<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>14<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1958
</td>
<td>Once More<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>8<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>So Many Times<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>16<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1959
</td>
<td>Come and Knock (On the Door of My Heart)<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>20<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1965
</td>
<td>Freight Train Blues<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>45<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(5 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1971
</td>
<td><a href="I_Saw_the_Light_(Hank-Williams-Lied)" title="I Saw the Light (Hank-Williams-Lied)">I Saw The Light</a><br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>56<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
mit <a href="Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" title="Nitty Gritty Dirt Band">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a></div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1974
</td>
<td>Back in the Country<br><span class="charts-add">Back in the Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>51<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Old Time Sunshine Song<br><span class="charts-add">Back in the Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>97<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1989
</td>
<td>The Precious Jewel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;">–</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Country</a></span>87<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
mit Charlie Louvin</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anmerkungen">Anmerkungen</h2></div>
<ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitburn, Joel: <i>The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits. 1944 - 2006</i>. 2. Auflage. New York, N.Y.: Billboard Books, 2006, S. 17</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rolandnote.com/people.php?scode=timeline&keyword=Roy+Acuff">RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database</a>. Abgerufen am 30. Oktober 2015.</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-charts-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_3-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_3-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/roy-acuff/chart-history/">US</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.musicvf.com/Roy+Acuff.art">US (vor 1958)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Magazine.htm">US Billboard</a></span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-Billboard40-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Billboard40_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Billboard Pop Hits Singles & Albums 1940–1954</i> von <a href="Joel_Whitburn" title="Joel Whitburn">Joel Whitburn</a>, 6th Edition, Record Research 2002, ISBN 978-0-89820-198-7.</span>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Pareles, Jon / Romanowski, Patricia (Hrsg.): <i>The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll</i>. London: Rolling Stone Press / Michael Joseph, 1983, S. 2f.</li>
<li>Dellar, Fred / Thompson, Roy: <i>The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Country Music</i>. Vorwort von Roy Acuff. London: Salamander Books, 1977, S. 8–10.</li>
<li>Jeier, Thomas: <i>Das neue Lexikon der Country Music</i>, München: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1992, S. 82–85.</li>
<li>Fuchs, Walter: <i>Geschichte der Country Music. Zentren, Stile, Lebensläufe</i>. Bergisch Gladbach: Gustav Lübbe Verlag, 1980, S. 182.</li>
<li>Stambler, Irwin / Landon, Grelun: <i>Encyclopedia Of Folk, Country And Western Music</i>. New York / London: St. Martin’s Press, 1969, S. 4–6.</li>
<li>Erlewine, Michael u. a.: <i>All Music Guide to Country Music</i>. San Francisco, Cal.: Miller Freemann Books, 1997, S. 1f.</li></ul>
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