로이 아커프

소개

로이 클랙스턴 에이커프(영어: Roy Claxton Acuff, 1903년 9월 15일 ~ 1992년 1월 23일)는 미국의 싱어송라이터이다. 흔히 "컨트리 음악의 왕"으로 알려져 있다.

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."