| Roy Acuff | Primary Artist, Fiddle, Vocals, Group Member |
| Bashful Brother Oswald | Banjo, Dobro |
| Red Jones | String Bass, Group Member |
| Jimmy Riddle | Accordion, Group Member |
| Lonnie Wilson | Guitar |
| Joe Zinkan | String Bass, Group Member |
| Tommy Magness | Fiddle, Group Member |
| Jess Easterday | Guitar, Mandolin, String Bass, Group Member |
| Clell Summey | Steel Guitar, Group Member |
| Velma Williams | String Bass, Group Member |
| Lonnie "Pap" Wilson | Guitar, Group Member |
| Beecher "Pete" "Bashful Brother Oswald" Kirby | Banjo, Dobro, Group Member |
| Golden Stewart | Group Member |
| Francis Tambourin | Group Member |
| Clell "Cousin Jody" Sumney | Steel Guitar |
| Roy Acuff | Arranger, Composer |
| Pee Wee King | Composer |
| Redd Stewart | Composer |
| Art Satherley | Audio Production |
| Owen Bradley | Composer |
| A.P. Carter | Composer |
| Dorsey M. Dixon | Composer |
| Fred Rose | Composer |
| B. Smith | Composer |
| Mark Wilder | Mastering |
| Hank Williams | Composer |
| Marvin Hughes | Composer |
| Rich Kienzle | Liner Notes |
| John Lair | Composer |
| Howard Fritzson | Art Direction |
Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Steve Leggett
Roy Acuff is a pivotal figure in country music, standing clearly at the crossroads of what had been termed hillbilly music and what would soon become modern country. A no more than adequate singer and fiddle player, Acuff still managed to hit just the right tone of sincerity with his spare and simple songs most of which were carefully chosen covers, making him one of the first real stars of country music. This brief collection has his biggest hits, including the classic original versions of Reverend Guy Smith's "Great Speckled Bird," A.P. Carter's "Wabash Cannonball" although actually sung by Dynamite Hatcher, one of the members of the backing band, "Cannonball" became ...