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Redd
Stewart
"All
songs are special to me. Have recorded on Victor, King, Starday,
& Hickory, & Ambridge Records. Still active in show business."
Birth
Name: Henry Ellis Stewart
Induction
Year: 1970
Date
of Birth: 5/27/1923
Place
of Birth: Ashland City, TN
Date of Death: 8/2/2003
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Education:
completed
7th grade |
Career Milestones:
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1935--contracted
to write a song for a car dealer's commercial in Louisville, KY |
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1937--got
job playing in Pee Wee King's band, the Golden West Cowboys |
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1939--moved
to Nashville |
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1944--release
of Ernest Tubb's recording of "Soldier's Last Letter";
stayed at #1 for 4 week |
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1947--signed
a lifetime exclusive songwriting contract with Acuff-Rose Publications |
Catalog
Highlights
1972--Country
Music Hall of Fame induction
Comments:
Was
on the Grand Ole Opry for many years as a member of the Golden West
Cowboys
Member
of the cast of Camel Caravan show which toured South America
Started
television show with Pee Wee King |