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"Wreck on the Highway" is a classic bluegrass song [1] most commonly associated with Roy Acuff. "Wreck on the Highway" tells the story of an automobile accident, with implication of alcohol abuse ("whiskey and blood run together") and moral religious language ("Their soul has been called by the Master...
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.
Wreck on the Highway may refer to: "Wreck on the Highway" (1938 song), written by Dorsey Dixon and most notably performed by Roy Acuff "Wreck on the Highway" (1980 song), written and performed by Bruce Springsteen
The Effingham County Sheriff's Office said a fatal wreck occurred Monday afternoon. One person is dead and two are being treated for their injuries. One dead, two injured after fatal wreck on ...
One person is dead after a fatal car wreck in Effingham County. Law enforcement is on the scene of the deadly crash on Marlow Road and Highway 17 in Guyton.
The 17-year-old girl killed Tuesday in a wreck on Hwy 240 was a senior at Richland High School. ... This was the second fatal wreck on Highway 240 in the past week. The other happened about 17 ...
"Wreck on the Highway" Roy Acuff: 1942: Also recorded by artists including The Louvin Brothers, George Jones and Gene Pitney (1965), The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (in Will the Circle Be Unbroken, 1972) [2] "Wreck on the Highway" Bruce Springsteen: 1980: Hit-and-run victim on lonely highway, inspired by but different from the Acuff song
Acuff could not remember where he knew the song from, but claimed it as his own. [1] "Wreck on the Highway" became a national country music hit, but Dixon received no royalties. [1] [3] In the mid-1940s, and at his family's insistence, Dixon asked a lawyer to file a lawsuit against Acuff, and in 1946 an out-of-court settlement was reached. [1]