Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 March 15; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 Mar. 15.

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Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 March 15; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 Mar. 15.

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Disc jockey, songwriter, and music industry executive Joe Allison recalls some of the experiences and personalities that highlight his long career in the country music industry. Discussion includes his work during the early years of radio; traveling with Tex Ritter; his early Nashville years; memories of early performers, including Eddy Arnold, Red Foley, and Tennessee Ernie Ford; and comments on the development of country music as a business.

3 sound cassettes (2 hours, 38 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772297

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Allison, Joe

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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 ...

Allison, Joe

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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 ...

Rumble, John Woodruff

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Ritter, Tex

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