Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 June 1; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 June 1.

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Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 June 1; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 June 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58841218

Disc jockey, songwriter, and music industry executive Joe Allison discusses working in country music radio, focusing on the 1940s and 1950s. Discussion focuses on his radio work in Texas, California, and Nashville; and memories of the early career years of many artists, including Hank Thompson, Roy Clark, Bill Monroe, Wesley Tuttle, Smiley Burnette, Sonny James, Marty Robbins, Glen Campbell, and Gordon Terry.

3 sound cassettes (2 hours, 55 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772306

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd3xjh (person)

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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