Jim Foglesong

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Jim Fogelsong
Born
James Staton Foglesong

(1922-07-26)July 26, 1922
DiedJuly 9, 2013(2013-07-09) (aged 90)
OccupationCountry music executive
Years active1951-2012
Known forPresident of Dot, ABC, Capitol and MCA Records

James Staton Foglesong (July 26, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American country music producer and executive from the 1950s until the 1990s, based in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Biography

Foglesong was born in

78 RPM records into LP formats.[2] Over the next 20 years, he worked for RCA-Victor until moving to Nashville in 1970 to head the A&R division at Dot Records. He was named president of Dot in 1973 — the only president of a major Nashville label at the time, where he changed the company's vision from pop to country.[2]

He helped lay the foundation for the country music boom in the 1990s. As president of Dot,

He was a World War II veteran with the United States Army and a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. After retiring from the active recording industry, he became head of the music business department of Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. He also taught a Business of Music class at Vanderbilt University.

He died on July 9, 2013, at the age of 90. He is survived by wife of 62 years, Toni, and their four children.[2]

References

  1. San Jose Mercury News. Associated Press
    . Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e Cooper, Peter (July 9, 2013). Jim Foglesong, groundbreaking music executive, dies at 90, The Tennessean. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  3. CMT
    . Retrieved March 29, 2010.