Roger Miller

...Oct 2009 As head of artists and repertoire at Mercury Records in Nashville, Tennessee, he also launched the careers of some of country music's most colourful stars of the 1960s, including Roger Miller, Ray Stevens and Jerry Reed. In 1968...

In this article: Shelby Singleton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley, Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, Johnny Cash, Mercury Records, Harper Valley PTA, Remington Rand, and Peyton Place

...talent for Mercury Records. He oversaw the careers of country singers like Miller, Ray Stevens and Lewis, as well as those of rhythm and blues acts like Clyde McPhatter, Brook Benton and, briefly, James Brown. In 1962, after hearing the...

In this article: Shelby Singleton, Jerry Kennedy, Mercury Records, Jeannie C. Riley, Elvis Presley, Sun Records, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash

...artists -- Ray Stevens, LeRoy Van Dyke and Joe Dowell. Earlier with Mercury Records "Smash" imprint, he snapped up Roger Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis, Patti Page and James Brown. He also bought Memphis' Sun Records, promoting the label's...

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...A&R operations in New York and Nashville. During his tenure at Mercury and its Smash Records imprint, he signed Roger Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis and Faron Young to the company's roster. Singleton's legend includes producing three major...

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He also launched the careers of some of country music's most colorful artists of the '60s, including Miller, Stevens and Jerry Reed, after quickly rising at Mercury Records to head of artists and repertoire, the talent scouting and development...

In this article: Shelby Singleton, Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun Records, Jeannie C. Riley, Ray Stevens, Johnny Cash, Acetate, and Sam Phillips

...on nearly all of the country music records of Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry ran Mercury Records-Nashville for 20 years, working with country music artists such as Roger Miller, Reba McEntire, Johnny Rodriguez, The Statler Brothers, and Tom T Hall.

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...Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included James Brown, Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke, Bill Justis and Jerry Lee Lewis. A dispute with King Records led James Brown to release all...

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