Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 June 3; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 June 3.

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Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 June 3; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 June 3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58841269

Disc jockey, songwriter, and music industry executive Joe Allison describes the development of country music radio and the early activities of the Country Music Association (CMA). Discussion includes early CMA shows; CMA fundraising and lobbying efforts; start of the CMA library; early country music promoters; BMI vs. ASCAP; fundraising for the Hall of Fame; his work as a radio consultant and his role in the development of format radio; and comments on influential disc jockeys.

3 sound cassettes (2 hours, 55 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772354

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 ...

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 ...