Allison, Joe

Country music radio personality, publishing and recording executive, and songwriter. Born October 3, 1924. Died August 2, 2002. Full name: Joe Marion Allison. Career active from the late 1930s through the mid-1970s. Produced Country America for ABC-TV in the late 1950s. Producer for Liberty Records, Paramount, and Capitol Records in the 1960s and 1970s. As a songwriter, his credits include "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" (recorded by Faron Young, 1955), and "He'll Have to Go" (recorded by Jim Reeves, 1960). Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

From the description of Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 June 3; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 June 3. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841269

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