Roy Clark

Roy Clark (2005)

Roy Linwood Clark (* 15. April 1933 in Meherrin , Virginia ; † 15. November 2018 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) was an American with the Grammy excellent country musician , who scored in the 1970's to the biggest stars of his genre. He became known through numerous television appearances, including hosting the Hee Haw Show.

Life

Roy Clark learned to play the banjo and guitar from his father, an amateur musician. As a teenager, he won national banjo competitions twice in a row. After he had acquired the necessary experience through years of touring through clubs and radio shows, he accompanied Wanda Jackson at her appearances in the late 1950s .

In 1962 he was signed to the Capitol label . A year later he had a top 10 hit with his pop-oriented single Tips of my Fingers . A number of successful albums have been released over the decade. But he became known mainly through television appearances. The jovial, always good-humored Clark was always a welcome guest. From mid-1969 he co-directed the new television show Hee Haw with Buck Owens . The series became an unexpected success and lasted well into the 1980s. The multi-instrumentalist had ample opportunity here to demonstrate his versatile talents.

In 1968 he switched to the dot label . He released numerous successful albums and singles and was showered with awards. In 1973 he received the most coveted award in country music: he was voted "Entertainer of the Year" by the Country Music Association . He received the same award from the Academy of Country Music in 1972 and 1973 . He has also been named the best instrumentalist of the year several times. His biggest hits during those years 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). He had his first number one hit in the country charts in 1973 with the single Come Live with Me, a composition by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant . Between 1963 and 1989 he had a total of 52 hits in the country charts. In addition to the country genre, Clark also worked with jazz and blues musicians such as Gatemouth Brown ( Makin 'Music , 1978) and Joe Pass ( Play Hank Williams , 1994).

In 1976 he switched to the ABC label . In the same year he went on a three-week tour of the Soviet Union. At the beginning of the 1980s he changed the label again, but the time of his great success was over. Nevertheless, he was awarded a Grammy in 1982. In Branson he opened the "Roy Clark Celebrity Theater". In 1987 he became a permanent member of the Grand Ole Opry . He donated large sums of money to charity projects several times.

On November 15, 2018, Clark died at his Tulsa home of complications from pneumonia at the age of 85 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1966	Roy Clark Sings Lonesome Love Ballads	-	Country21 (10 weeks) Country	Capitol
1968	Do You Believe This Roy Clark	-	Country34 (2 weeks) Country	Dot
	Urban, suburban	-	Country43 (2 weeks) Country	Dot
1969	Yesterday, When I Was Young	US50 (20 weeks) US	Country8 (25 weeks) Country	Dot
	The Everlovin 'Soul Of Roy Clark	US129 (9 weeks) US	Country11 (19 weeks) Country	Dot
1970	I Never Picked Cotton	US176 (6 weeks) US	Country8 (27 weeks) Country	Dot
1971	The Incredible Roy Clark	US197 (2 weeks) US	Country14 (14 weeks) Country	Dot
	The Magnificent Sanctuary Band	-	Country39 (8 weeks) Country	Dot
1972	Roy Clark Country	US112 (12 weeks) US	Country10 (19 weeks) Country	Dot
1973	Come Live with Me	-	Country4 (33 weeks) Country	Dot
	Roy Clark's Family Album	-	Country2 (21 weeks) Country	Dot
	Roy Clark / Superpicker	US172 (6 weeks) US	Country6 (31 weeks) Country	Dot
1974	Roy Clark / The Entertainer	US186 (3 weeks) US	Country4 (18 weeks) Country	Dot
	Roy Clark, Family and Friends	-	Country27 (9 weeks) Country	Dot
	Classic Clark	-	Country13 (19 weeks) Country	Dot
1975	Heart to Heart	-	Country31 (10 weeks) Country	Dot
	A Pair of Fives (Banjos, That Is)	-	Country9 (20 weeks) Country	Dot; with Buck Trent
1977	My Music & Me / Vocal & Instrumental	-	Country38 (5 weeks) Country	Dot
1978	Labor of Love	-	Country44 (6 weeks) Country	Dot
	Banjo bandits	-	Country45 (4 weeks) Country	Dot; with Buck Trent
1982	Turned loose	-	Country43 (33 weeks) Country	Dot

More albums

• 1962: The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark (Capitol)
• 1963: Roy Clark Sings the Tip of My Fingers (Capitol)
• 1964: Happy to Be Unhappy (Capitol)
• 1965: Roy Clark Guitar Spectacular (Capitol)
• 1966: Stringin 'Along with the Blues (Capitol)
• 1970: The Other Side of Roy Clark (Dot)
• 1973: Superpicker (Dot)
• 1975: A Pair of Fives (Banjos That Is) (Dot)
• 1977: Hookin 'It (Abcdot)
• 1978: Labor of Love (Abc)
• 1978: Banjo Bandits (Abc)
• 1979: Makin 'Music (MCA) with Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Steve Ripley
• 1980: My Music (MCA)
• 1981: Makin 'Love (MCA)
• 1981: Meanwhile Back at the Country (MCA)

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1972	Roy Clark Live!	-	Country4 (29 weeks) Country
1976	Roy Clark in concert	-	Country14 (13 weeks) Country
1977	Hookin 'it	-	Country44 (10 weeks) Country
1981	The Roy Clark Show Live from Austin City Limits	-	Country49 (22 weeks) Country

More live albums

• 1962: Roy Clark Show Live from Cheyenne Wyoming
• 1967: Roy Clark Live!
• 1993: Live in Branson
• 1998: Branson City Limits
• 2000: Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1971	The Best of Roy Clark	US176 (8 weeks) US	Country15 (23 weeks) Country
1974	The Entertainer of the Year	-	Country13 (13 weeks) Country
1975	Roy Clark's Greatest Hits - Volume 1	-	Country15 (10 weeks) Country

More compilations

• 1969: Roy Clark's Greatest!
• 1977: ABC Collection (Abc)
• 1995: Greatest Hits

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1963	Tips of My Fingers Roy Clark Sings the Tip of My Fingers	US45 (8 weeks) US	Country10 (16 weeks) Country
1964	Through the Eyes of a Fool Happy to Be Unhappy	-	Country31 (3 weeks) Country
1965	When the Wind Blows in Chicago Happy to Be Unhappy	-	Country37 (10 weeks) Country
1968	Do You Believe This Town Do You Believe This Roy Clark	-	Country53 (8 weeks) Country
1969	Love Is Just a State of Mind Yesterday, When I Was Young	-	Country57 (6 weeks) Country
	Yesterday, When I Was Young Yesterday, When I Was Young	US19 (10 weeks) US	Country9 (16 weeks) Country
	September Song Yesterday, When I Was Young	-	Country40 (7 weeks) Country
	Right or Left at Oak Street The Everlovin 'Soul of Roy Clark	-	Country21 (9 weeks) Country
1970	Then She's a Lover The Everlovin 'Soul of Roy Clark	US94 (3 weeks) US	Country31 (9 weeks) Country
	I Never Picked Cotton I Never Picked Cotton	-	Country5 (15 weeks) Country
	Thank God and Greyhound I Never Picked Cotton	US90 (3 weeks) US	Country6 (14 weeks) Country
1971	(Where Do I Begin) Love Story Roy Clark / Superpicker	-	Country74 (2 weeks) Country
	A Simple Thing as Love The Best of Roy Clark	-	Country45 (9 weeks) Country
	She Cried The Incredible Roy Clark	-	Country63 (4 weeks) Country
	Magnificent Sanctuary Band The Magnificent Sanctuary Band	-	Country39 (9 weeks) Country
1972	The Lawrence Welk - Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka Roy Clark Live!	-	Country9 (14 weeks) Country
1973	Come Live with Me Come Live with Me	US89 (3 weeks) US	Country1 (16 weeks) Country
	Riders in the Sky Roy Clark / Superpicker	-	Country27 (11 weeks) Country
	Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow Come Live with Me	US81 (5 weeks) US	Country2 (16 weeks) Country
1974	Honeymoon Feelin ' Roy Clark / The Entertainer	-	Country4 (16 weeks) Country
	The Great Divide Classic Clark	-	Country12 (17 weeks) Country
1975	Dear God Classic Clark	-	Country64 (6 weeks) Country
	You're Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning Classic Clark	-	Country35 (10 weeks) Country
	Heart to Heart Heart to Heart	-	Country16 (14 weeks) Country
1976	If I Had It to Do All Over Again Heart to Heart	-	Country2 (16 weeks) Country
	Think Summer Roy Clark in Concert	-	Country21 (11 weeks) Country
1977	I Have a Dream, I Have a Dream My Music & Me / Vocal & Instrumental	-	Country26 (11 weeks) Country
	Half a Love My Music & Me / Vocal & Instrumental	-	Country80 (4 weeks) Country
	We Can't Build a Fire in the Rain My Music & Me / Vocal & Instrumental	-	Country40 (10 weeks) Country
1978	Must You Throw Dirt in My Face Labor of Love	-	Country60 (6 weeks) Country
	Where Have You Been All of My Life Labor of Love	-	Country65 (6 weeks) Country
	The Happy Days Labor of Love	-	Country89 (2 weeks) Country
1979	Shoulder to Shoulder (Arm and Arm) Labor of Love	-	Country34 (10 weeks) Country
1980	Chain Gang of Love My Music	-	Country21 (13 weeks) Country
	If There Were Only Time for Love My Music	-	Country48 (7 weeks) Country
	For Love's Own Sake My Music	-	Country73 (5 weeks) Country
1981	I Ain't Got Nobody Back to the Country	-	Country60 (8 weeks) Country
	She Can't Give It Away Back to the Country	-	Country86 (2 weeks) Country
	Love Takes Two Back to the Country	-	Country63 (6 weeks) Country
	The Last Word in Jesus Is Us Last Word in Jesus Is Us	-	Country73 (4 weeks) Country
1982	Paradise Knife and Gun Club The Roy Clark Show Live from Austin City Limits	-	Country54 (9 weeks) Country
	Tennessee Saturday Night The Roy Clark Show Live from Austin City Limits	-	Country85 (3 weeks) Country
	Here We Go Again Turned Loose	-	Country65 (7 weeks) Country
1983	I'm a Booger Turned Loose	-	Country74 (5 weeks) Country
	Wildwood Flower	-	Country55 (9 weeks) Country
1984	Another lonely night with you	-	Country48 (11 weeks) Country
1986	Tobacco Road Rockin 'in the Country	-	Country56 (7 weeks) Country
	Juke Box Saturday Night Rockin 'in the Country	-	Country61 (7 weeks) Country
1989	What a Wonderful World What a Wonderful World	-	Country73 (4 weeks) Country
	But, She Loves Me What a Wonderful World	-	Country68 (5 weeks) Country

More singles

• 1954: Mysteries of Life
• 1956: Stepping Stones
• 1958: Please Mr. Mayor
• 1960: Rock Maggie Rock
• 1961: Under the Double Edge
• 1961: Texas Twist
• 1962: Talk About a Party
• 1963: Application for Love
• 1964: Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go)
• 1964: It's My Way
• 1964: Alabama Jubilee
• 1965: Color of Her Love Is Blue
• 1965: So Much to Remember
• 1966: Malaguena
• 1966: Rose Colored Glasses
• 1966: Hey Sweet Thing (with Mary Taylor)
• 1966: St. Louis Blues
• 1967: Great Pretender
• 1972: Ode to a Critter
• 1977: Beat the System
• 1979: Four O'Clock in the Morning

Awards

• 1970 - CMA : Comedian of the Year
• 1972 - ACM : Entertainer of the Year
• 1973 - ACM: Entertainer of the Year
• 1973 - CMA: Entertainer of the Year
• 1975 - CMA: Instrumental Group of the Year (with Buck Trent )
• 1976 - CMA: Instrumental Group of the Year (with Buck Trent)
• 1977 - CMA: Instrumentalist of the Year
• 1978 - CMA: Instrumentalist of the Year
• 1980 - CMA: Instrumentalist of the Year
• 1983 - Grammy : Best Country Instrumental Performance Roy Clark - Alabama Jubilee

literature

• Stambler, Irwin / Landon, Grelun: Encyclopedia Of Folk, Country And Western Music . New York / London: St. Martin's Press, 1969, pp. 57f
• Shestack, Melvin: The Country Music Encyclopaedia . London: Omnibus Press, 1977, pp. 42-44
• Dellar, Fred / Thompson, Roy: The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Country Music . Foreword by Roy Acuff. London: Salamander Books, 1977, p. 48
• Jeier, Thomas: Das neue Lexikon der Country Music , Munich: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1992, pp. 140–142f

Web links

• Roy Clark at Discogs (English)
• Roy Clark at the Richard De La Font Agency

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/roy-clark
2. ↑ Dot Catalog number 17449; For more information on this title, see: Roland, Tom: The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1991, pp. 88f
3. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005, 2005, pp. 86-7, ISBN 0-89820-165-9
4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 16, 2018)
5. ^ Roy Clark, country music legend and 'Hee Haw' star, dead at 85 . In: Fox News . November 15, 2018 ( foxnews.com [accessed November 15, 2018]).
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: US