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{{Short description|American singer, musician, and TV host (1933–2018)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name           = Roy Clark
| background     = solo_singer
| image          = Roy Clark (10044868095) (cropped).jpg 
| caption        = Clark in 1981
| birth_name     = Roy Linwood Clark
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1933|04|15|mf=y}} 
| birth_place    = [[Meherrin, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2018|11|15|1933|04|15}}
| death_place    = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| genre          = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[rockabilly]]}}
| occupation     = {{hlist|Singer|musician|TV host}}
| instrument     = {{flat list|
* Vocals
* guitar
* banjo
* fiddle
* harmonica
}}<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument--->
| past_member_of = ''[[Hee Haw]]''
| years_active    = 1947–2018
}}

'''Roy Linwood Clark''' (April 15, 1933&nbsp;– November 15, 2018) was an American singer, musician, and television presenter. He is best known for having hosted ''[[Hee Haw]]'', a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in [[country music]], both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre. Clark was highly regarded and renowned as a guitarist, [[banjo]] player, and [[fiddle]]r.

During the 1970s, Clark frequently guest-hosted for [[Johnny Carson]] on ''[[The Tonight Show]];'' he also enjoyed a 30-million viewership for ''Hee Haw''.   He was skilled in the traditions of many genres, including classical guitar, country music, [[Latin music]], [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]], and pop.  He had hit songs as a pop vocalist (e.g., "[[Hier encore|Yesterday, When I Was Young]]" and "Thank God and Greyhound"), and his instrumental skill had an enormous effect on generations of [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and country musicians. He became a member of the [[Grand Ole Opry]] in 1987, and, in 2009, was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]]. He published his autobiography, ''My Life—in Spite of Myself'', in 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-671-86434-7 |title=Nonfiction Book Review: 'My Life in Spite of Myself' |date=February 28, 1994 |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Clark was born April 15, 1933, in [[Meherrin, Virginia]],{{sfn|''Current Biography Yearbook''|1979|page=83}} one of five children<ref name=Thanki>{{cite news| url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/11/15/roy-clark-dead-85/1978910002/| title=Roy Clark, 'Hee Haw' co-host, Country Music Hall of Fame member, dies at 85| last=Thanki| first=Juli| newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]| location=Nashville| access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> born to Hester Linwood Clark and Lillian Clark (Oliver).{{sfn|Flint|Nelson|1993|page=57}} His father was a tobacco farmer.{{sfn|Flint|Nelson|1993|page=57}} He spent his childhood in Meherrin and New York City, where his father moved the family to take jobs during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].{{sfn|Kingsbury|2004|page=95}} When Clark was 11 years old, his family moved to a home on 1st Street SE in the [[Washington Highlands, Washington, D.C.|Washington Highlands]] neighborhood of Washington, D.C.,{{sfn|Clark|Eliot|1994|page=84}} after his father found work at the [[Washington Navy Yard]].{{sfn|Lornell|2012|page=369}}

Clark's father was a semi-professional musician who played [[banjo]], [[violin|fiddle]], and guitar,{{sfn|Kingsbury|2004|page=95}} and his mother played piano.{{sfn|Flint|Nelson|1993|page=57}} The first musical instrument Clark ever played was a four-string cigar box with a [[ukulele]] neck attached to it,{{sfn|Flint|Nelson|1993|page=57}} which he picked up in elementary school.<ref name=rcinterview>{{cite magazine| title=The Roy Clark Interview| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date=December 28, 1985| pages=RC-4, RC-12| access-date=November 15, 2018| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Roy%20Clark%22%20%22National%20Banjo%20Championship%22&pg=PT77}}</ref> His father taught Clark to play guitar{{sfn|Flint|Nelson|1993|page=57}} when Roy was 14 years old, and soon Clark was playing banjo, guitar, and [[mandolin]].{{sfn|Lornell|2012|page=369}} "Guitar was my real love, though," Clark later said. "I never copied anyone, but I was certainly influenced by them; especially by [[George Barnes (musician)|George Barnes]]. I just loved his swing style and tone."{{sfn|Ferguson|1979|page=68}}

Clark also found inspiration in other local D.C. musicians. "One of the things that influenced me growing up around Washington, D.C., in the '50s was that it had an awful lot of good musicians. And I used to go in and just steal them blind. I stole all their licks. It wasn't until years later that I found out that a lot of them used to cringe and say 'Oh, no! Here comes that kid again'<ref name=rcinterview /> when I'd come in.  As for his banjo style, Clark said in 1985, "When I started playing, you didn't have many choices to follow, and [[Earl Scruggs]] was both of them."<ref name=rcinterview />  Clark won the National Banjo Championship in 1947 and 1948. He played his first professional gig in his father's band at age 15, earning a $2 bill  {{sfn|Ferguson|1979|page=68}} and he briefly toured with the band.{{sfn|Ferguson|1979|page=68}}

Clark was very shy, and turned to humor as a way of easing his timidity. [[Country-western]] music was widely derided by Clark's schoolmates, leaving him socially isolated. Clowning around, he felt, helped him to fit in again. Clark used humor as a musician as well, and it was not until the mid-1960s that he felt confident enough to perform in public without using humor in his act.<ref name=rcinterview />

The D.C. area had a number of country-western music venues at the time. Duet acts were in favor, and for his public performance debut Clark teamed up with Carl Lukat. Lukat was the lead guitarist, and Clark supported him on rhythm guitar.<ref name=rcinterview /> In 1949, at the age of 16, Clark made his television debut on [[WTTG]], the [[DuMont Television Network]] affiliate in Washington, D.C.{{sfn|Kingsbury|2004|page=95}} At 17, he made his first appearance on the [[Grand Ole Opry]]{{sfn|Lornell|2012|page=369}} in recognition for winning his second national banjo title.{{sfn|Ferguson|1979|page=68}} By this time, he had begun to play fiddle and [[twelve-string guitar]].{{sfn|Stambler|Landon|2000|page=88}} He toured the country for the next 18 months playing backup guitar during the week for [[David "Stringbean" Akeman]], [[Danny Dill|Annie Lou and Danny]], [[Lonzo and Oscar]], and [[Velma Williams Smith|Hal and Velma Smith]], working [[Agricultural show|county fairs]] and small town theaters. On weekends, these acts usually teamed up with country music superstars like [[Red Foley]] or [[Ernest Tubb]] and played large venues in big cities. He earned $150 a week (${{formatnum:{{inflation|US|150|1950}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}} dollars).<ref name=rcinterview /> After the tour, Clark returned to performing at local country-music venues. He recorded singles for [[Coral Records]] and [[4 Star Records]].<ref name=rcinterview />

At the age of 23, Clark obtained his pilot's certificate and then bought a 1953 [[Piper PA-20 Pacer|Piper Tri-Pacer]] (N1132C), which he flew for many years. This plane was raffled off on December 17, 2012, to benefit the charity [[Wings of Hope (charity)|Wings of Hope]].<ref>{{cite journal| title=Winner of Roy Clark's Tripacer named| journal=General Aviation News| url=http://www.generalaviationnews.com/2012/01/winner-of-roy-clarks-tripacer-named/| last=Wood| first=Janice| date=January 26, 2012| access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> He owned other planes, including a [[Mitsubishi MU-2]], [[Boeing-Stearman Model 75|Stearman PT-17]]<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20069138,00.html |title=Hanging Loose at 1,500 Feet, Upside-Down Roy Clark Prays, 'Seat Belt, Do Your Stuff'| magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=September 26, 1977 |access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> and [[Hawker 400|Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond]] 1A [[business jet]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.great-music.net/rclark.html| title=Roy Clark biodata| publisher=Great-music.net| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001140722/http://www.great-music.net/rclark.html | archive-date=October 1, 2016 | url-status=dead | access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
===Television===
[[File:Buddy Ebsen Roy Clark Hillbillies 1968.JPG|thumb|150px|Clark (right) as "Myrtle Halsey" on ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', 1968]]
Rising country music star [[Jimmy Dean]] asked Clark to join his band, the Texas Wildcats, in 1954.{{sfn|Clark|Eliot|1994|page=52}} Clark was the lead guitarist,{{sfn|''Current Biography Yearbook''|1979|page=83}} and made appearances on Dean's "Town and Country Time" program on [[WAVA (AM)|WARL-AM]] and on [[WJLA-TV|WMAL-TV]] (after the show moved to television from radio in 1955).{{sfn|''International Who's Who in Popular Music''|2002|page=96}}{{sfn|Larkin|1995|page=829}} Clark competed in 1956 on ''[[Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts]]'', a variety show airing on [[CBS]]. It was his first network television appearance, and he came in second.<ref name=rcinterview /> Dean, who valued [[punctuality]] among musicians in his band, [[Dismissal (employment)|fired]] Clark for habitual [[tardiness]] in 1957.{{sfn|''The Comprehensive Country Music Encyclopedia''|1994|page=99}} Clark left D.C. and never lived there again.{{sfn|Lornell|2012|page=369}} During his D.C. years, Clark said he never intended to be a country guitarist. Rather, he played when he liked and what made him feel good, and never intended to begin a recording career or to perform on television.{{sfn|Ferguson|1979|page=68}} In the spring of 1959, Clark appeared regularly on [[George Hamilton IV]]'s short-lived television series in Washington, D.C.<ref name=onscreen />

In 1960, Clark went to [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], where he worked as a guitarist in a band led by former West Coast [[Western Swing]] bandleader-comedian [[Hank Penny]]. During the very early 1960s, he was also prominent in the backing band for [[Wanda Jackson]]&mdash;known as ''the Party Timers''&mdash;during the latter part of her [[rockabilly]] period.<ref>Liner notes for the 1961 [[Wanda Jackson]] album, ''There's a Party Goin' On''; retrieved October 27, 2012.</ref>

During [[Jack Paar]]'s temporary absence from ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' in early 1960, Jimmy Dean was asked to guest-host the program. Dean asked Clark to appear on the last night of his guest-host stint, and showcased Clark in two songs.<ref name=onscreen>{{cite magazine| title=Clark On-Screen| magazine=Billboard| date=December 28, 1985| access-date=November 16, 2018| pages=RC-5, RC-12| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Jimmy%20Dean%22%20%22The%20Tonight%20Show%22%201960&pg=PT79}}</ref> Clark made his solo debut on ''The Tonight Show'' in January 1963.{{sfn|Stambler|Landon|2000|page=88}}

Subsequently, Clark appeared on ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' as a recurring character&nbsp;— actually two, as he played businessman Roy Halsey and Roy's mother, Myrtle. Once, in an episode of the Saturday evening ''[[Jackie Gleason]] Show'' dedicated to country music, Clark played a blistering rendition of "Down Home". Later, he appeared in an episode of ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'', where he played "[[Malagueña (song)|Malagueña]]".<ref>{{cite news| last=Eggerton| first=John| title=Roy Clark Dead at 85| magazine=[[Broadcasting and Cable]]| date=November 15, 2018| access-date=November 15, 2018| url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/roy-clark-dead-at-85}}</ref>

In the mid-1960s, he was a co-host (along with [[Molly Bee]] and [[Rusty Draper]]) of a weekday daytime country variety series for NBC entitled ''Swingin' Country'', which was canceled after two seasons. In 1969, Clark and [[Buck Owens]] debuted as hosts on the syndicated [[sketch comedy]] program ''[[Hee Haw]]'', which aired from 1969 until 1997 and propelled Clark to stardom. During its tenure, Clark was a member of the [[Million Dollar Band (country music group)|Million Dollar Band]] and participated in a host of comedy sketches. In 1976, Arthur Fiedler conducted Evening at Pops with Roy Clark and the Boston Pops Orchestra. In 1983, Clark opened the ''Roy Clark Celebrity Theatre'' in [[Branson, Missouri]], which was the "first venue linked permanently to a widely known entertainer" in the resort town.{{sfn|Simon|1995|page=8}}

Clark frequently played in Branson during the 1980s and 1990s. He sold the venue in 1992<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.deseret.com/1996/11/2/19286226/change-comes-to-branson-as-2-of-its-major-stars-depart | title=Change Comes to Branson as 2 of ITS Major Stars Depart | newspaper=Deseret News | date=November 2, 1996 }}</ref>(now owned by the Hughes Brothers and renamed the Hughes American Family Theatre) and went back to a light touring schedule. Clark annually appeared with Ramona Jones and the Jones Family Band at their annual tribute to Clark's former ''Hee Haw'' co-star [[Grandpa Jones]] in [[Mountain View, Arkansas]].<ref name="FiddlerHoF">{{cite web |title=Roy Clark |url=http://www.nationalfiddlerhalloffame.org/AboutUs/royclarkbioadvis.html |website=The National Fiddler Hall of Fame |access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref> On July 4, 1984, Roy played [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]] along with several other acts to over 500,000 fans. Some of the other acts included [[Ringo Starr]], the [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]], [[Three Dog Night]], [[George Jones]], and [[B. J. Thomas|B.J. Thomas]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 27, 2023 |title=Fourth of July Events in the District of Columbia. . . |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/07/03/fourth-of-july-events-in-the-district-of-columbia/9b88bfcb-6a45-4b01-8668-a8601a70e830/ |access-date=March 24, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

===Music===
[[File:Roy Clark onstage.png|thumb|Roy Clark performing onstage in New York, late 1980s or early 1990s]]
In 1960,<ref name=rcinterview /> Clark began touring with [[rockabilly]] star [[Wanda Jackson]], and playing backup instrumentals on several of her recordings.{{sfn|Stambler|Landon|2000|page=88}} Through Jackson, Clark met [[Jim Halsey]]. Clark signed with the Halsey Agency, which represented him for the remainder of his career.<ref name=rcinterview /> During this period, Jackson performed at the [[Golden Nugget Las Vegas|Golden Nugget]] [[casino]] in [[Las Vegas]]. Within two years, Clark had become a headliner in Vegas,<ref name=rcinterview /> and made numerous appearances there in the 1960s and 1970s.{{sfn|Stambler|Landon|2000|page=88}}

Clark's backup work for Jackson brought him to the attention of [[Capitol Records]]. He signed with Capitol and in 1962 released his first solo album, ''The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark''. The album won solid critical praise, and "above-average" notice from fans.{{sfn|Stambler|Landon|2000|page=88}} By the early 1970s, Clark was the highest-paid country music star in the United States, earning $7&nbsp;million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|7000000|1970|r=-5}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars) a year.<ref name=rcinterview />

He switched to [[Dot Records]] and again scored hits. He later recorded for [[ABC Records]], which had acquired Dot, and [[MCA Records]], the latter of which then was allowed to absorb the ABC label.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

==Endorsements==
Clark endorsed [[Mosrite]], [[Gretsch]], and [[Heritage Guitars]]; the latter produced a signature model.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roy Clark Semi-Hollow Body |url=http://heritageguitar.com/guitar/roy-clark/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502042741/http://heritageguitar.com/guitar/roy-clark/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2016 |publisher=Heritage Guitar, Inc. |access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> In the 1980s, he served as a spokesman for [[Hunt's]] ketchup.<ref>{{cite book| title=Starmaker: How to Make it in the Music Business| first=Jim| last=Halsey| author-link=Jim Halsey| year=2010| publisher=[[Tate Publishing & Enterprises|Tate Publishing]]| page=387| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j-hJbUaPnoC&q=hunt%27s| isbn=978-1607995418}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Clark married Ruby Conley in 1954. They had a son, Roy Linwood Clark Jr. The couple divorced in 1957. Roy married Barbara Joyce Rupard on August 31, 1957. They remained wed until Roy's death in 2018.{{Sfn|Flint|Nelson|1993|page=57}} The couple had five children.<ref name=Thanki/>  They made their home in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], where the Roy Clark Elementary School was named in his honor in 1978.<ref name=rcinterview /><ref>{{cite web| title=Roy Clark Profile| url=https://www.unionps.org/421253_3| access-date=June 9, 2020| website=Union Public Schools}}</ref>

Clark died on November 15, 2018, at age 85, at his Tulsa home from complications of [[pneumonia]].<ref name=Thanki/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Kristin M. |title=Roy Clark, country guitar virtuoso, 'Hee Haw' star, has died |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/roy-clark-country-guitar-virtuoso-hee-haw-star-has-died/2018/11/15/4bee405c-e8fb-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html |access-date=November 15, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

==Honors==
[[File:Roy Clark a conversation with OETA (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Clark on the set of the [[Oklahoma Educational Television Authority]]'s ''A Conversation With...'' in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], Oklahoma, in&nbsp;2014.]]
By the early 1970s, Clark had been named "Entertainer of the Year" three times by the [[Academy of Country Music]] and the [[Country Music Association]] (CMA). The Academy also named him "Best Lead Guitar Player" and "Best Comedy Act", while the CMA named him an "International Friendship Ambassador" in 1976 after Clark toured the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=rcinterview />

On August 22, 1987, Clark was made a member of the [[Grand Ole Opry]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Roy Clark| url=http://www.opry.com/artists/c/Clark_Roy.html| website=Grand Ole Opry| access-date=June 29, 2012| archive-date=October 14, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014143159/http://www.opry.com/artists/c/Clark_Roy.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Ole Opry Members |url=http://www.opry.com/img/Opry%20Members%20List.pdf |publisher=Grand Ole Opry |date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607030858/http://www.opry.com/img/Opry%20Members%20List.pdf |archive-date=June 7, 2012}}</ref> He played an annual benefit concert at [[Longwood University]] in [[Farmville, Virginia]], the proceeds of which went to fund scholarships for aspiring musicians.<ref>{{cite web| title=Scholarships| url=http://www.longwood.edu/music/scholarships/| access-date=October 28, 2018| website=Longwood University}}</ref>

Clark was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref name=Thanki/>  On April 12, 2011, Clark was honored by the [[Oklahoma House of Representatives]]. He was honored by the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame as Oklahoma's Music Ambassador for Children and presented with a commendation from Oklahoma Governor [[Mary Fallin]].<ref>{{cite news| last1=Krehbiel| first1=Randy| title=Roy Clark honored as Music Ambassador for Children| newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]| date=April 12, 2011| url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/roy-clark-honored-as-music-ambassador-for-children/article_bca6b980-bb49-5931-8bba-785c508f23f5.html}}</ref> In 2007, he was inducted into the [[Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum|Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://www.cfdrodeo.com/cfd-old-west-museum/our-story/history/cheyenne-frontier-days-hall-of-fame-inductees |website=Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum |access-date=October 9, 2018}}</ref> He was inducted into the Fiddlers Hall of Fame.<ref name="FiddlerHoF" />
Roy Clark  was one of the founding inductees into the Virginia Musical Museum & Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2013.  [[Wayne Newton]],  [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[The Carter Family]], [[The Statler Brothers]], [[Bruce Hornsby]], [[Pearl Bailey]], and [[Ralph Stanley]] were the other founding inductees.

==Selected filmography==
{{more citations needed|section|date=November 2018}}

===Film and television===
* ''Swingin' Country'' 1966 NBC daytime variety series, co-starred with [[Rusty Draper]] and [[Molly Bee]]
* Five episodes of ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' as "Cousin Roy" (1969)
* 294 episodes of ''[[Hee Haw]]'' (1969&ndash;1997)
* ''[[Swing Out, Sweet Land]]'' (1970)
* ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Love, American Style]]'' (1973) (episode "Love and the Twanger Tutor" as Jesse Clemens)
* ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1975) (episode "The Roy Clark Show" as Willie Boggs)
* ''The Bell Telephone Jubilee'' (1976)
* ''The Captain & Tennille Special'' (1976)
* ''Fair Weather Friends'' (1977)
* ''[[Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Matilda (1978 film)|Matilda]]'' (1978)
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' (1978)
* ''Fifty Years of Country Music'' (1978) CBS television special, featuring Clark, [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Glen Campbell]] as co-hosts.<ref>{{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |date=June 1985 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials 1974-1984 Volume II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&q=fifty+years+country+music&pg=PA3 |location=New York City |publisher=New York Zoetrope |page=143 |isbn=978-0918432612}}</ref>
* ''[[Austin City Limits]]'' (1980, 1982)
* [[Epcot]] Center opening celebration (1982)
* ''[[Disneyland]]'s 30th Anniversary Celebration'' (1985)
* ''[[Uphill All the Way]]'' (1986)
* ''6th Annual National Songwriter Awards'' (1986)
* ''[[Freeway (1988 film)|Freeway]]'' (1988)
* ''The Grand Ole Opry 65th Anniversary'' (1991)
* ''[[Gordy]]'' (1995)
* ''The Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary'' (1996)
* ''A Bing Crosby Christmas'' (1998)
* ''Palo Pinto Gold'' (2009)

==Discography==
{{Main|Roy Clark discography}}

==Awards==
* 1970 – [[Country Music Association Awards|CMA]] – Comedian of the Year
* 1972 – [[Academy of Country Music Awards|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
* 1982 – [[Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance]] for his recording of [[Alabama Jubilee (song)|Alabama Jubilee]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| last1=Clark| first1=Roy| last2=Eliot| first2=Marc| title=My Life—In Spite of Myself!| location=New York| publisher=Simon & Schuster| date=1994| isbn=978-0-671-86434-7| url=https://archive.org/details/mylifeinspiteofm00clar_0}}
*{{cite book| ref={{sfnRef|''The Comprehensive Country Music Encyclopedia''|1994}}| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| title=The Comprehensive Country Music Encyclopedia: From the Editors of 'Country Music' Magazine| location=New York| publisher=Times Books| date=October 18, 1994| isbn=978-0-8129-2247-9| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780812922479}}
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*{{cite book| last=Larkin| first=Colin| title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 1: A Cappella—Clarke, Johnny| location=New York| publisher=Stockton Press| year=1995| isbn=978-0-8511-2662-3}}
*{{cite book| last=Lornell| first=Kip| title=Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States| location=Jackson, Miss.| publisher=University Press of Mississippi| date=June 1, 2012| isbn=978-1-6170-3264-6| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouUaBwAAQBAJ}}
*{{cite book| last=Simon| first=Jordan| title=Branson: The Official Travel and Souvenir Guide to America's Music Show Capital| location=New York| publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications| date=February 28, 1995| isbn=978-0-6790-2817-8| url=https://archive.org/details/bransonfodo00fodo}}
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==External links==
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* [http://www.opry.com/artists/c/Clark_Roy.html At the Grand Ole Opry]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014143159/http://www.opry.com/artists/c/Clark_Roy.html |date=October 14, 2013 }}
* [http://www.unionps.org/index.cfm?id=266 Roy Clark Elementary School]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213135226/http://www.unionps.org/index.cfm?id=266 |date=February 13, 2018 }}
* [http://www.voicesofoklahoma.com/interview/clark-roy/ Voices of Oklahoma interview with Roy Clark]—First person interview conducted on August 15, 2011, with Roy Clark. 
* [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/roy-clark Roy Clark Interview] at the [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Collection]]
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* {{The Interviews name|roy-clark|Roy Clark}}
* {{Find a Grave|194744357}}

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