Wiseman, Mac

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Bluegrass musician and music industry executive. Born May 23, 1925. Real name: Malcolm B. Wiseman. Emerged in the late 1940s as a featured singer with Molly O'Day. Original member of Flatt & Scruggs's Foggy Mountain Boys (1948). Member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys (1949). Recorded for Dot Records 1951-1963. Head of the Country Department of Dot Records, 1956-1959. Managed the WWVA Jamboree 1966-1970. Member, International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.

From the description of Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 17; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1972 Mar. 17. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841191

From the description of Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 10; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1972 Mar. 10. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841192

From the description of Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 8; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1972 Mar. 8. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841193

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referencedIn	Alice Gerrard Collection, 1954-2000	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn	Ambassador Auditorium Collection, 1974-1995	Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries
referencedIn	Mike Seeger Collection, circa 1950s-2008, (bulk 1955-2002)	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn	Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
creatorOf	Wiseman, Mac;. Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 10; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green.	Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
referencedIn	Wiseman, Mac;. Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 10; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green.	Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
creatorOf	Wiseman, Mac;. Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 17; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green.	Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
referencedIn	Wiseman, Mac;. Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 17; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green.	Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
creatorOf	Wiseman, Mac;. Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 8; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green.	Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
referencedIn	Wiseman, Mac;. Oral history interview with Mac Wiseman; 1972 March 8; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green.	Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center