Shelby Singleton
Producer
Music Mogul Shelby Singleton Loses Cancer Battle...C. Riley's Harper Valley P.T.A. and Leroy Van Dyke's Walk on By. As A and R boss for record label Mercury's Nashville and New York divisions in the 1960s, he signed Roger Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis and Faron Young to the company's roster. In this article: Shelby Singleton, Cancer, Mercury, Music Mogul, Nashville, Tennessee, Harper Valley P.T.A., Jeannie C. Riley, Faron Young, Roger Miller, and Sun Records |
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | October 25, 2009
Shelby Singleton
...for Remington Rand, makers of one of the early computers. In the late 1950s he became a promotions man for Mercury Records, eventually becoming the label's head of A&R. In 1963, before acquiring the Sun catalogue, Singleton signed one...
In this article: Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley, Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, Johnny Cash, Mercury Records, Harper Valley PTA, Remington Rand, and Peyton Place
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Miami Herald | October 12, 2009
Country music mogul, maverick
...radio show, in the 1950s. He became a field promotion representative for Starday-Mercury Records later in the decade and, after the labels dissolved their partnership, went to work as a talent scout for Mercury. By the early '60s Singleton...
In this article: Jerry Kennedy, Mercury Records, Jeannie C. Riley, Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Sun Records, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash
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CMT News | October 07, 2009
Famed Record Producer, Label Executive Shelby Singleton Dies at Age 77
...company's roster. Singleton's legend includes producing three major hits in a single day at Nashville's Quonset Hut recording studio: Van Dyke's "Walk on By," Stevens' "Ahab the Arab" and Joe Dowell's "Wooden Heart." He left Mercury in...
In this article: Mercury, Sun Records, Nashville, Jeannie C. Riley, Ray Stevens, Roger Miller, Charlie Rich, and Carl Perkins
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 15, 2009
Sun Records owner had an ear for what the public wanted to hear
Singleton later admitted that he did not know anything about music as far as chords or structure go, but that he listened ''with the average ear that the public listens with, because the majority don't know anything either''. He had a...
In this article: Sun Records, Mercury, Harper Valley PTA, Sam Phillips, Louisiana, Jeannie C. Riley, Sun, and Brook Benton
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Shelby Singleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Singleton spent nine years at Mercury and its sister label Smash Records during ... Famed Record Producer, Label Executive Shelby Singleton Dies at Age 77, ...
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Rockabilly Hall of Fame®: Shelby Singleton
... Records, Shelby Singleton ... record company bosses with the wealth of experience that Shelby ... charge of Smash Records and eventually became VP of Mercury. ...
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The Sun Record Company - Shelby Singleton Jr.
Check out our new site, forums, and new online store!, SHELBY S. SINGLETON, JR., Age 77, ... While promoting records by artists signed to the Mercury label, he ...
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The latest news on Shelby Singleton, from thousands of sources worldwide. ... of artists and repertoire at Mercury Records in Nashville, Tennessee, he also ...
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Famed Record Producer, Label Executive Shelby Singleton Dies ...
Famed record producer and label executive Shelby Singleton died Wednesday (Oct. ... He left Mercury in 1966 and created the Shelby Singleton Corporation in Nashville. ...
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Shelby Singleton (born Shelby Sumpter Singleton, Jr., 16 December 1931, Waskom, Texas) is an American record producer and record label owner.
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