Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 June 2; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 June 2.

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Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 June 2; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 June 2.

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Disc jockey, songwriter, and music industry executive Joe Allison recalls his experiences as head of the country departments at Liberty Records and Paramount-Dot in the 1960s and his move to Capitol Records in the early 1970s. Discussion includes the difficulty getting promotion for country records; distribution of country records; recording in Nashville; albums he worked on, including the Hoedown album with Felix Slatkin; artists and songwriters he worked with including Gordon Terry, Roy Clark, Tommy Overstreet, Red Steagall, the Carter Family, Tex Ritter, Hank Cochran, Tommy Collins, and Bobby Bare; and the rise of new recording executives in Nashville in the 1970s.

4 sound cassettes (3 hours, 55 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772312

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Rumble, John Woodruff

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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 ...