Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys

Created by Frank Peppiatt and John Ayleswoth, the first HEE HAW show aired on the CBS Television Network on June 15, 1969, as a summer replacement series for the SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR. HEE HAW was such a resounding success CBS slated the series for mid-season debut and as they say, the rest is history. From December 17, 1969 through December 27, 1997, HEE HAW shows were a weekly event in American households. A total of 585 one-hour shows were taped in Nashville, Tennessee, initially in 1

Roy Acuff lookin SHARP! The original (real) Country singers always had style and dressed nice & presentable. 🎻 👔 Now THAT'S Country Music! 🚂 Aside from singin' The greatest train song ever, he created, with Fred Rose, Acuff-Rose Music—Nashville's 1st major music production company—a direct rebuttal to the greedy, sleezy music execs of the day.... ...Hank Williams Sr was one of their accomplishments... 🎶 Real honest-to-God Country Music 🎶 #wabashcannonball #RoyAcuff #CountryMusicHistory #pio

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