Stephen H. Sholes
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| Birth name | Stephen Henry Sholes |
| Born | February 12, 1911 RCA Victor |
Stephen Henry Sholes (February 12, 1911 – April 22, 1968)
Career
Sholes was born in Washington, D.C., and moved with his family to Merchantville, New Jersey, at the age of nine, near where his father worked in the Victor Talking Machine Company plant in Camden. Sholes started work at Victor as a messenger boy in 1929 and worked part-time for the firm while a student at Rutgers University.[2]
Scholes worked for a time in RCA Victor's
In 1945, he became head of the
In 1957, Sholes convinced RCA to build its own
He served on the
Sholes died in Nashville of a heart attack at the age of 57.[3] At the time of his death he was visiting to see his longtime friends, Homer and Jethro, record a live album at Vanderbilt University. He was driving to the school when he was stricken.
Sholes was portrayed by actor Bart Hansard in the CBS mini-series Elvis (2005).
References
- ^ a b Countrymusichalloffame.com Archived 2007-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0313352453. Accessed July 3, 2012. "Sholes was born in Washington, DC, on February 12, 1911, and lived there until he was nine when the family moved to Merchantville, New Jersey. After high school, he attended Rutgers University and continued to work at RCA Victor part time."
- ^ a b c "Biography by Bruce Eder". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- Rumble, John. (1998). "Steve Sholes". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Ed. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 483.
External links
- http://www.geocities.com/shakin_stacks/stevesholes.txt[dead link]
- http://www.countryworks.com/artist_full.asp?KEY=SHOLES
- Country Music Hall of Fame profile of Stephen H. Sholes (listed as Stephen Sholes).
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