SHELBY SINGLETON (1931-2009)
Died October 7th. Producer of "Walk on By" by Leroy Van Dyke, "Ahab the Arab" by Ray Stevens, "Wooden Heart" by Joe Dowell and Jerry Lee Lewis, Roger Miller, Charlie Rich, Brook Benton and Tom T. Hall.
In 1968, he created an overnight sensation when he recorded an unknown singer, Jeanne Carolyn Stephensen doing a Tom T. Hall and changed her name to Jeanne C. Riley. This song was "Harper Valley PTA."
He used the profits from this million-seller to buy Sun Records.
We're talking a lot of my favorite songs and artists here.
Thanks, Mr. Singleton.
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