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Joe
Allison
Birth Name: Joe Marion Allison
Induction Year: 1978
Date of Birth: 10/3/1924
Place of Birth: McKinney,
Texas
Date of Death: Aug.
2, 2002
Place of Death: Nashville, TN
"The
first song I ever wrote was recorded by Tex Ritter ('When You
Leave, Don't Slam the Door'), and it became a huge country hit.
Naturally, I will always remember that event. But my proudest
moment in writing came when Jim Reeves decided to record my
song 'He'll Have to Go.' Jim's album went platinum but,
more importantly, the song has been recorded, subsequently,
by Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, The Mills Brothers,
Tom Jones, Eddy Arnold and over one hundred different artists
world wide. It is my wish that all writers will be blessed
with, at least, one standard composition during his or her career."
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Former Occupations:
commercial
artist
radio
announcer
disc
jockey |
Education:
Grade
School--East Van Vandt (Ft. Worth, TX) (from 1930 to 1936)
Junior
High School--McKinney Tex. Jr. High (from 1936 to 1938)
High
School--Denison, Tex. High School (from 1936 to 1939)
College--Murray
Jr. College (Tishomingo, OK) |
Career Milestones:
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1943--first
radio job at KPLT in Paris, TX |
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1944--worked
at radio station KMAC in San Antonio |
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1945--joined
the Tex Ritter show at the Texas Theater as emcee; toured the U.S.
and Canada with Ritter's troupe |
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1946--first
song recorded by Tex Ritter, "When You Leave, Don't Slam the
Door"; went to #1 |
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1949--moved
to Nashville and worked on radio station WMAK |
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1948--appeared
for two years on the Grand Ole Opry |
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1948--broadcast
"Noontime Neighbors" and "Tin Pan Valley" over
WSM (Nashville) |
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1953--moved
to station KXLA in Pasadena, CA |
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1955--Faron
Young recorded, "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" |
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1957--Tommy
Sands recorded, "Teen Age Crush"; sold a million copies |
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1957--hosted
"Country America" television show at ABC in Hollywood |
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1957--Jeannie
Black's version of "He'll Have to Stay" was a million seller |
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1960--worked
at station KFOX in Long Beach |
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1960--started
country music department at Liberty Records |
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1960--signed
Willie Nelson to first recording contract |
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1960--Jim
Reeves' recording of "He'll Have to Go" went platinum |
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1961--was
General Manager of Central Songs in Hollywood, CA |
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c.1965--moved
back to Nashville to head Dot Records country department; recorded
string of hits with Hank Thompson and Roy Clark, including
"Yesterday When I Was Young" |
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c.1967--became
head of Capitol Records country division in Nashville |
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1970--retired |
Awards:
1955--BMI
Award/Country/Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
1956--BMI
Award\Country\It's a Great Life
1957--BMI
Award\Country\Teen Age Crush
1960--BMI
Award\Country\He'll Have to Go
1960--BMI
Award\Pop\He'll Have to Go
1960--BMI
Award\Country\He'll Have to Stay
1964--CMA\Founding
Presidents Award (now called the Connie B. Gay Award)\for writing
and producing a series of trade shows
1970--Jim
Reeves Memorial Award
1976--Disc
Jockey Hall of Fame induction
Catalog
Highlights:
When
You Leave, Don't Slam the Door
He'll
Have to Go
Teen
Age Crush
Live
Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
It's
a Great Life
He'll
Have to Stay
I'd
Fight the World
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Co-writer:
Hank Cochran
- Artists:
Jim Reeves (1974), Hank Cochran (1962)
Sweet
Violets
It
Scares Me Half to Death
Old
Lovers Make Bad Friends
But
I Was Lying
Just
Another Man
For
the Life of Me
Comments:
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Won
a BMI 2 million performance award for "He'll Have to Go"
- Won
5 BMI performance awards; 7 ASCAP performance awards (producer awards)
- Past
President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
- Helped
to found the Country Music Foundation (CMF)
- Served
as a consultant to radio stations switching to Country
- Nicknamed
"Jamboree Joe"; airname was "Uncle Joe" ("In
the early days of Country radio, everybody had a nickname."
- Currently
works as an antiques dealer
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