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    • Jan 9, 1927
    Artist manager Jack McFadden is born in Sikeston, Missouri. His clients will include Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan and Billy Ray Cyrus
    Jul 1, 1931
    George W. Smith is named managing director of radio station WWVA in West Virginia. In the role, he creates "The Wheeling Jamboree," an Opry-style weekly show
    Jan 1, 1955
    Colonel Tom Parker becomes Hank Snow's manager
    Jan 1, 1955
    Elvis Presley's second management contract, with Bob Neal, goes into effect. Neal will receive 15% of Presley's earnings, plus 10% for promotional expenses
    Mar 22, 1955
    Coral Records hires disc jockey Alan Freed to run the label's A&R department. At the time, The McGuire Sisters have a #1 pop hit for the label with a song that lists Freed as a co-writer, "Sincerely," also a future country hit for The Forester Sisters
    Sep 25, 1956
    Former Mercury executive D Kilpatrick takes over as the Grand Ole Opry's general manager in Nashville
    Sep 1, 1957
    Chet Atkins becomes the manager of RCA's Nashville operations when Steve Sholes is appointed to run the label's pop division
    Mar 11, 1958
    Fred Foster founds Monument Records in Baltimore, Maryland. Later relocating in Nashville, the label goes on to represent such acts as Roy Orbison, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Billy Swan and, in the 1990s, The Dixie Chicks. Monument is reactivated in 2017, launching Walker Hayes
    Nov 6, 1962
    Jo Walker-Meador is named the executive director of the fledgling Country Music Association, a position she holds for the next 29 years. During her tenure, the CMA establishes the Country Music Hall of Fame, the CMA Awards and Fan Fair
    Feb 22, 1964
    Billboard reports RCA Victor hired Jim Foglesong as a producer in New York, ending a 10-year run with Columbia and Epic. Foglesong is destined to join the Country Music Hall of Fame after a move to Nashville, where he works with Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Garth Brooks



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