- Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame (1989)
- Hosted local country-western variety show in Los Angeles, "Hometown Jamboree" on which he discovered such artists as Merle Travis, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Ferlin Husky, Stan Freberg and Les Paul and Mary Ford. The program aired on KTLA television in the late 1940s to early 1950s.
- Stone received the Academy Of Country Music's Pioneer Award in early 1973.
- Received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 1501 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
- Son of Herman the Hermit.
- Father of Stephen Stone and Curtis Stone.
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