Oral history interview with Don Law; 1975 May 14; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 May 14.

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Oral history interview with Don Law; 1975 May 14; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 May 14.

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Music industry executive Don Law gives an overview of his career. Discussion includes his childhood and early career; his arrival in the United States in the 1920s; his start in the record business with Brunswick Records; comments on his early sales experience; recruiting recording talent; working with Art Satherley; managing chain store sales for Columbia; managing Columbia's country department and the growth of Columbia's country sales; Columbia's purchase of the Bradley Recording Studio; his retirement from Columbia; work as an independent producer; comments on artists he produced; his work recruiting blues artists, including Robert Johnson; leadership of Columbia's country department after his retirement; and comments on Columbia's country operation during the 1940s and 1950s.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 34 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772335

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Law, Donald P

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Music industry executive. Born February 24, 1902. Died December 20, 1982. Head of Columbia Records country music division during the 1950s-1960s. His artist roster included Johnny Horton, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Lefty Frizzell, Carl Smith, and Ray Price. Retired from Columbia in 1967. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame. From the description of Oral history interview with Don Law; 1975 May 14; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 May 14. (Country Music Foundation, Library...

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...

Law, Donald P

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r3psr (person)

Music industry executive. Born February 24, 1902. Died December 20, 1982. Head of Columbia Records country music division during the 1950s-1960s. His artist roster included Johnny Horton, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Lefty Frizzell, Carl Smith, and Ray Price. Retired from Columbia in 1967. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame. From the description of Oral history interview with Don Law; 1975 May 14; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 May 14. (Country Music Foundation, Library...