# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-acuff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:34:52.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-acuff"
name: "Roy Acuff"
slug: "roy-acuff"
description: "Roy Claxton Acuff 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.\""
tagline: "American country music singer and fiddler (1903-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Acuff_1950.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1903-09-15"
deathDate: "1992-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.73378666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010334/"
    handle:    "nm0010334"
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    title: "로이 에이커프"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump