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Roy Acuff Sun Jan 26 2003 at 21:47:26 C O U N T R Y   M U S I C   H A L L   O F   F A M E R     index | ⇐ last | next ⇒ In 1903, Roy Acuff (“The King of Country Music”) was born in Maynardsville, Tennessee. As a boy, he played in the church choir and played baseball, hoping to someday become a professional baseball player for the New York Yankees. Those dreams were dashed when he was left physically debilitated by a severe case of sunburn while on vacation, during t...