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Feb 12, 1911Record executive Steve Sholes is born in Washington, D.C. Best known for bringing Elvis Presley to RCA in 1955, he also works with the likes of Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold and Chet Atkins, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967Mar 8, 1949Hank Snow has his first American recording session at RCA Studio A in Chicago. Producer Steve Sholes declines an opportunity to cut "I'm Moving On." Instead, the session yields Snow's first charted single, "Marriage Vow"Sep 1, 1957Chet Atkins becomes the manager of RCA's Nashville operations when Steve Sholes is appointed to run the label's pop divisionFeb 26, 1962Trumpeter Al Hirt records his instrumental pop hit "Java" at RCA Studio B in Nashville, with Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes producingOct 20, 1967Red Foley, Jim Reeves, artist manager J.L. Frank and record producer Steve Sholes join the Country Music Hall of Fame during the first Country Music Association awards ceremony in NashvilleApr 22, 1968RCA executive Steve Sholes dies when he suffers a heart attack while driving to the Nashville Airport. A 1967 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Sholes produced country hits by Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow and Jim Reeves
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