Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 August 12; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 Aug. 12.

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Oral history interview with Joe Allison; 1994 August 12; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1994 Aug. 12.

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Disc jockey, songwriter, and music industry executive Joe Allison recalls different personalities and events from his thirty plus years in the country music industry. Discussion includes Ernest Tubb; music industry executive Jim Denny; the start of Music Row; the start of Acuff-Rose, including the roles of Fred Rose and Wesley Rose; memories of Hank Williams, Spade Cooley, Red Foley, Marty Robbins, Faron Young, and Red Steagall; his work with the Armed Forces Services Radio; and working with Felix Slatkin.

3 sound cassettes (2 hours, 35 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772391

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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