Oral history interview with D Kilpatrick; 1975 February 25; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Feb. 25.

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Oral history interview with D Kilpatrick; 1975 February 25; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Feb. 25.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58841237

Music industry executive D Kilpatrick talks about the development of the country music industry, focusing on the 1950s. Discussion includes his early career at Mercury Records; Mercury artists he worked with including the Carlisles, the Stanley Brothers, and Carl Story; the original Country Music Disc Jockey Convention; the start of the Country Music Association (CMA) and issues facing the early organization; comments on Colonel Tom Parker; comments on the early 1950s trend of duet recordings; and memories of Bob Atcher and Mitch Miller.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 5 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772324

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Kilpatrick, Dee Morgan

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Music industry executive. Born July 18, 1919. Full name: Walter David Kilpatrick. AKA: W. D. Kilpatrick. Career most active 1940s-1960s. Nashville-based country producer for Capitol Records, 1950-1951. Country producer for Mercury Records, 1951-1956. Manager, WSM's Grand Ole Opry, 1956-1959. Formed Acuff-Rose Artists Corporation, 1959. One of the founders of the Country Music Association (CMA). From the description of Oral history interview with D Kilpatrick; 1986 October 2; intervie...

Green, Douglas B.

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Country music performer. Born March 20, 1946. Best-known as Ranger Doug from Riders in the Sky, a cowboy revival act he co-founded in 1977. Performed as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys during the late 1960s. Recording credits include a solo album, Songs of the Sage, released on the Warner Western label in 1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Douglas B. Green; 1993 November 23; interview with John W. Rumble. 1993 Nov. 23. (Country Music Foundation, Libra...

Kilpatrick, Dee Morgan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66d5r4m (person)

Music industry executive. Born July 18, 1919. Full name: Walter David Kilpatrick. AKA: W. D. Kilpatrick. Career most active 1940s-1960s. Nashville-based country producer for Capitol Records, 1950-1951. Country producer for Mercury Records, 1951-1956. Manager, WSM's Grand Ole Opry, 1956-1959. Formed Acuff-Rose Artists Corporation, 1959. One of the founders of the Country Music Association (CMA). From the description of Oral history interview with D Kilpatrick; 1986 October 2; intervie...