Roy Acuff Autographs
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 singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful. In 1952, Hank Williams told Ralph Gleason, "He's the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God."
Acuff began his music career in the 1930s and gained regional fame as the singer and fiddler for his group, the Smoky Mountain Boys. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938, and although his popularity as a musician waned in the late 1940s, he remained one of the Opry's key figures and promoters for nearly four decades. In 1942, Acuff and Fred Rose founded Acuff-Rose Music, the first major Nashville-based country music publishing company, which signed such artists as Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and the Everly Brothers. In 1962, Acuff became the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Acuff was born on September 15, 1903 in Maynardville, Tennessee, to Ida Florence (née Carr) and Simon E. Neill Acuff, the third of their five children. Acuff was of English ancestry, and his ancestors came to North America during the colonial era, settling in the mountains of Virginia and the Carolinas. The Acuffs were a fairly prominent family in Union County. Roy's paternal grandfather, Coram Acuff, had been a Tennessee state senator, and his maternal grandfather was a local physician. Roy's father was an accomplished fiddler and a Baptist preacher, his mother was proficient on the piano, and during Roy's early years the Acuff house was a popular place for local gatherings. At such gatherings, Roy would often amuse people by balancing farm tools on his chin. He also learned to play the harmonica and jaw harp at an early age.
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Current items with a signature of Roy Acuff
These are the most current items with a signature of Roy Acuff that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Roy Acuff's Musical Collection at Opryland 1982 HC Jeffers Collins etc Signed! | $40.53 |  |
| Roy Acuff's Musical Collection at Opryland 1982 HC Jeffers Collins etc Signed! | $40.53 | |
Traded items with a signature of Roy Acuff
The most expensive item with a signature of Roy Acuff (Roy Acuff The Smoky Mountain Boys And Girls Signed Hymnal) was sold in April 2025 for $1,000.00 while the cheapest item (ROY ACUFF HAND SIGNED 3 X 5 INDEX CARD LIFETIME COA COUNTRY MUSIC .99 TO OPEN) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $55.97 for an autographed item of Roy Acuff. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2014 with $178.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $6.95 was August 2013. In average, an autographed item from Roy Acuff is worth $31.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Roy Acuff were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
