had a multi-million record seller on his self-composed song, "Auctioneer"...
again had a multi-million seller with "Walk On By," a record that stayed in the charts an incredible 42 weeks, and was named by Billboard Magazine as the biggest country music record in history!!
was named by industry experts as the country music entertainer of the decade for the 1960's...
in total, has recorded more than 500 songs and has to his credit 36 longplay recordings...
had the starring role in the movie "What Am I Bid?"...
was for three years a regular member of Red Foley's ABC-TB Network "Ozark Jubilee"...
served on the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association...
was selected by the Country Music Association to represent it in showcase situations at the Waldorf in New York, The Monteleone in New Orleans, The Edgewater Beach and The Conrad Hilton in Chicago, The Ambassador in Los Angeles and numerous Country Music Association functions in Nashville...
hosted his own syndicated television series, "The Leroy Van Dyke Show"...
for ten years co-hosted "Country Crossrdoads," the most widely syndicated show in radio history...
hosted the Country Music Association Award Show at which Ernest Tubb was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1965...
was the first entertainer to receive the prestigious Country Music Association Founding President's Award for contributing to the advancement and improved image of country music...
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was just inducted into the National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame on July 19, 1996 ...
was the first to blaze a trail and take a staged, produced, choreographed, self-contained country music show to the "Strip" in Las Vegas...
was the first to take country music to Bourbon Street in New Orleans' famed French Quarter...
after four decades as an entertainer, Leroy still travels in excess of a hundred thousand performing miles yearly in North America alone, plus other global engagements...
performs in all facets of show business, including fairs, concerts, rodeos, supper clubs, conventions, radio, television, recordings, the Nevada circuit, livestock events, agricultural shows and private functions...
is more closely aligned and more readily identifiable with the agricultural sector than any other country music entertainer...
probably plays more fairs and other agricultural events than any other name entertainer, for a total of more than 2,200 such career engagements...
has not missed a night performance in over a third of a century as an entertainer...
is an Animal Science/Journalism graduate of the University of Missouri...
is a graduate of Reppert's School of Auctioneering, is licensed and bonded, and has sold "Sales of Champions" over a wider geographical area than any other auctioneer in history...
is considered by his peers to be the entertainer who put professionalism in country music...
was the only country music performer to open a show for Marylin Monroe...
has a self-contained show, except for lighting, with a professional four-piece band and sound system...
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