Roy Clark
Roy Clark ( born April 15, 1933, Meherrin, Virginia when Roy Linwood Clark) is an American country musician who scored in the 1970's to the biggest stars of the genre. He became known through numerous television appearances, including as host of Hee Haw show.
Life
Roy Clark learned the banjo and guitar-playing from his father, an amateur musician. As a teenager he won twice in a row, a national banjo competition. After he had acquired through years hoof it through clubs and radio shows have the necessary experience, he accompanied the late 1950s Wanda Jackson at their performances.
In 1962 he was taken from the Capitol label. A year later he made with his pop-oriented single Tips Of My Fingers a Top 10 hit. In the course of the decade, a number of successful albums was released. But he was mainly known through television appearances. The jovial, always cheerful Clark was always a welcome guest. As of mid-1969, he led, together with Buck Owens, the new TV show Hee Haw. The series was an unexpected success and survived well into the 1980s. The multi-instrumentalist here had ample opportunity to put his versatile talents.
In 1968 he moved to the Dot label. He published a number of successful albums and singles, and was showered with awards outright. In 1973, he received the coveted award of country music: He was chosen by the Country Music Association for "Entertainer of the Year". He received the same award in 1972 and 1973 by the Academy of Country Music. In addition, he has been repeatedly voted the best instrumentalist of the year. His biggest hits during this period were Yesterday When I Was Young ( 1969), I Never Picked Cotton, A Simple Thing Called Love (1971 ), Honeymoon Feelin ' (1974) and If I Had To Do It All Over Again (1976). His first number -one hit on the country charts he had in 1973 with the single Come Live With Me, a composition by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.
In 1976, he joined the ABC label. In the same year he undertook a three-week tour of the Soviet Union. In the early 1980s, he moved again, the label, but the time of his great successes was over. In Branson, he opened the Roy Clark Celebrity Theatre. In 1987 he became a permanent member of the Grand Ole Opry. Several times he donated large sums of money for charities.