24 Roy Acuff (1903-1992) and the Crazy Tennesseans “Wabash Cannonball” 1936

Acuff’s friend Red Jones sang the lead and Acuff did the train whistle in their initial 1936 recording of a Carter Family standard. A few years later it became one of Acuff and the renamed Smoky Mountain Boys’ signature songs on the Grand Ole Opry (Roy Acuff The Smoky Mountain Boy). Listed on the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Acuff is also listed on the National Recording Registry for performing on the first Grand Ole Opry broadcast in 1939. 

Roy Acuff "Wabash Cannonball"