Don Law
Don Law | |
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Years active | c.1930–1970s |
Labels | Brunswick, Columbia |
Donald Firth Law (February 24, 1902 – December 20, 1982) was an English–American
Life and career
Don Law was born in
After ARC was taken over by
Nashville Sound era" from about 1957.[8]
He took mandatory retirement from Columbia Records in 1967, but set up an independent production company, Don Law Productions, and continued to have some success with singers including
Ray Price. He retired completely in the late 1970s.[4]
He died from
In popular culture
The season 2 episode 6 of the NBC series Timeless, "King of The Delta Blues", features Don Law, who is portrayed by Gavin Stenhouse.[9]
References
- ISBN 0-252-06304-X.
- ^ 1911 England Census for Donald Firth Law. Interactive.ancestry.co.uk, Retrieved 13 March 2014
- ^ a b Texas, Death Certificate for Donald Firth Law. Search.ancestry.co.uk,Retrieved 13 March 2014
- ^ a b c d e Daniel Cooper, "Don Law" in The Encyclopedia of Country Music, Oxford University Press, 2012
- ^ a b "Don Law Dies At Age 80: Key Nashville Executive", Billboard, 8 January 1983, p. 82
- ^ Don Law, Rockabilly.nl, Retrieved 13 March 2014
- ^ a b Frank Hoffmann (ed.), Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Routledge, 2004, p. 1191
- Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "A Unique 'Timeless' About a Uniquely Talented Man". Tvworthwatching.com. April 22, 2018.