Roy Clark
President: Carol
Anderson
P.O. Box 148258
Nashville, TN 37214-8258
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| FULL NAME: | Roy Linwood Clark |
| DATE OF BIRTH: | April 15, 1933 |
| ZODIAC SIGN: | Aries |
| BIRTH PLACE: | Meherrin VA |
| CURRENT RESIDENCE: | Tulsa OK |
| HAIR/EYE COLOR: | Reddish Brown / Aqua |
| HEIGHT: | 6' |
| MARITAL STATUS: | Married |
| SPOUSE: | Barbara Joyce Rupard-Clark |
| PARENTS: | Lillian Clark The late Hester Clark |
| CHILDREN: | Four children (grown)-two boys; two girls. Also, two grandchildren. |
| SIBLINGS: | Jean, Dick, Dwight and Susan |
| RECORD LABEL & YEAR SIGNED: | Intersound |
| BEST KNOWN RECORDINGS: | "Yesterday When I Was Young"; "Thank God And Greyhound";"Honeymoon Feeling"; "Malaguena" |
| INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: | Guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, piano and drums. |
| BAND NAME: | Roy Clark Touring Band |
| BIGGEST CARRER BREAK: | Hosting Hee-Haw for 24 years |
| GRAND OLE OPRY MEMBER SINCE: | 1987 |
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| EDUCATION: | Graduate of Chamberlain Vocational High School in Washington DC |
| PREVIOUS JOBS: | Singing in various bands; briefly, a car hop at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia. Also, I had a paper route for the WASHINGTON STAR. |
| AWARDS: | Academy of Country Music (ACM)-Entertainer of the Yr.-'72-'73/Lead Guitar Player'77; Comedy Act of Yr.'69-'70-'71; Country Music Association (CMA)- Ent. of the Yr.-'73; Instrumentalist of the Yr. '77-'78-'80. Inst. Group of the Yr. (with Buck Trent); NARAS (Grammy)-Best Inst. Perf. for "Alabama Jubilee"; Star of the Yr.-'73 by American Guild of Variety Artists; MUSIC CITY NEWS "Inst. of the Yr.; Best Country Guitarist '76-80 by GUITAR PLAYER magazine. PLAYBOY magazine's reader poll-Best Picker of the Year-'77-'78-'79 & '87. Gospel Group of the Year (with the Hee Haw Quartet)-'81-thru '87; Performer's Hall of Fame Award by the National Assn. of College Activities '87; IFCO Tex Ritter Award '90; Country Music Banjo Championship at 16 and 17 years old. |
| HOBBIES: | Flying my own 1941 Stearman bi-plane, a Cessna 210; fishing, golf, driving in celebrity drag races for charities. |
| NON-MUSIC INFLUENCES: | Parents, Hester and Lillian Clark had the greatest influence and were always supportative. |
| GREATEST CAREER THRILL: | Too numerous to mention. |
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| SPORTS TO PLAY: | At 16, I was offered a tryout with the (then) St. Louis Browns baseball team. But, in those days you had to pay your own way to training camp. Because they couldn't afford the fare, it was declined. Love playing golf and drag racing for charity events. |
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE... | |
| Being the FIRST Country entertainer to act
as a National Ambassador for U.N.I.C.E.F.; to guest host Johnny Carson's
TONIGHT SHOW; to be enshrined in the prestigious Movieland Wax Museum
in Buena Park, CA.; to headline the renowned Montreux Int.'l Jazz
Fest.; one of the few country artists to headline and sell out Carnegie
Hall; first country artist to headline the MIDEM convention in Cannes,
France (the world's largest annual gathering of music industry execs.);
one of the few country artists to ever receive a 5-Star album rating
from the all-jazz periodical, DOWNBEAT.; one of the first country
artists to ever play (and turn away over 1,000) at Madison Square
Garden, NYC, NY.; one of the first to begin major tv guest spots abroad
(i.e.-the Tom Jones Show from London'69); and to be inducted into
the Las Vegas Entertainer's Hall of Fame (also a charter member). |
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST CAREER ACHIEVEMENT TO BE... | |
| Some of my most proud achievements are Honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters-John Brown University; also, the same
honor from Baker University; Oklahoma's Ambassador of Goodwill; CMA's
International Friendship Ambassador; Receiving my "Star" placed in
the Hollywood Blvd.'s Walk of Fame (TV category); Skiatook, Oklahoma
airport is named for me; Feb. 16, 1980-the first native son ever honored
on one day by every governing body of one state-Virginia.; Inducted
into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in November 16, 1982; Gibson Guitar
Hall of Fame '82; and the visiting artist in residence at Longwood
College in Farmville, Va. |
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