In the CD collection: Roy Clark

Country musician Roy Clark was born April 15, 1933 in Virginia. Though best-known as the jovial cohost (with Buck Owens) of the syndicated country variety show Hee Haw for over twenty years, Clark also appeared as a guest host for the Tonight Show, was on The Beverly Hillbillies (as both "Roy Halsey" and his mother, "Big Mama" Myrtle Halsey), and played an old Army buddy of Oscar's in The Odd Couple television series. Clark scored with several country hits in the early 70s, but the decline of Hee Haw's popularity coincided with the decline in Clark's recording career; Clark's performing career, however, was far from over. In 1983, he became the first country musician to open his own venue in Branson, MO, and today continues to perform sporadically at various events with his band, Roy's Toys. In 1987, he was finally made a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and in 2009, Roy Clark was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Click here to reserve Roy Clark's Greatest Hits album, which includes "Thank God and Greyhound," "Yesterday When I Was Young," and Clark's famous rendition of "Ghost Riders in the Sky."