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Roy Acuff

1903 - 1992

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Acuff has received more than 1,225,472 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Roy Acuff is the 1,849th most popular singer (down from 1,601st in 2019), the 10,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,841st in 2019) and the 511th most popular American Singer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Roy Acuff ranks 1,849 out of 3,528. Before him are Big Pun, Kyōko Koizumi, Marta Jandová, Roberta Peters, Ewan MacColl, and Kim Junsu. After him are Jon Nödtveidt, Harry Chapin, Cho Kyu-hyun, Paweł Kukiz, Macklemore, and B-Real.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Roy Acuff ranks 304. Before him are Emil Hirschfeld, Luis Izzeta, Doca, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Howard P. Robertson, and Lennox Berkeley. After him are Gloria Holden, George Padmore, Tadeusz Friedrich, George E. Stone, Edgar Buchanan, and Binnie Barnes. Among people deceased in 1992, Roy Acuff ranks 231. Before him are Lazăr Sfera, Mae Clarke, Alif Hajiyev, Kurt Wires, László Rajcsányi, and Robert Reed. After him are Molly Picon, Kees Broekman, S. I. Hayakawa, Arthur Wint, Ian Wolfe, and Lona Andre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Acuff ranks 10,019 out of 18,182. Before him are L'Wren Scott (1964), Chuck Liddell (1969), Melville Fuller (1833), Claudia Christian (1965), Evelyn Brent (1895), and Lew Rockwell (1944). After him are Veronica Roth (1988), Susan Oliver (1932), Maria Canals-Barrera (1966), Shelly Manne (1920), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), and Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Roy Acuff ranks 511. Before him are Jam Master Jay (1965), Jimmy Witherspoon (1920), Lucinda Williams (1953), Bobbie Gentry (1942), Big Pun (1971), and Roberta Peters (1930). After him are Harry Chapin (1942), Macklemore (1983), B-Real (1970), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Kate Smith (1907), and June Anderson (1952).

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