Oral history interview with Aaron Shelton; 1983 August 25; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1983 Aug. 25.

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Oral history interview with Aaron Shelton; 1983 August 25; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1983 Aug. 25.

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Nashville recording engineer Aaron Shelton talks about the start of his career. Discussion includes his background and start in recording; his work with early Nashville radio; his start at WSM; the first commercial programs on WSM; feeding local programs to the NBC network; local programming during the late 1920s and early 1930s; and memories of early WSM personnel.

1 sound cassette (35 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772213

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Rumble, John Woodruff

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Shelton, Aaron;

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Radio and recording engineer. Born July 23, 1910. Engineer for WSM Nashville and WSM-TV from 1930-1975. Co-founded the Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first professional recording service (1945-1956). During the studio's decade of operation he worked as the chief engineer and recorded numerous country hits, including Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy," and Hank Williams's "You Win Again. From the description of Oral history interview with Aaron Shelton; 1983 September ...

Shelton, Aaron;

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Radio and recording engineer. Born July 23, 1910. Engineer for WSM Nashville and WSM-TV from 1930-1975. Co-founded the Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first professional recording service (1945-1956). During the studio's decade of operation he worked as the chief engineer and recorded numerous country hits, including Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy," and Hank Williams's "You Win Again. From the description of Oral history interview with Aaron Shelton; 1983 September ...