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21 Facts About Bill Ivey

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Bill Ivey was born on September 6,1944 and is an American folklorist and author.

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Bill Ivey was the seventh chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and is a past chairman of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

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Billy Ivey was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 6,1944.

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Bill Ivey was reared in Calumet, a mining town located in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Bill Ivey graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in American history in 1966, received a master's degree in folklore and ethnomusicology from Indiana University Bloomington in 1970, and became a Ph.

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Bill Ivey served from 1971 until 1998, though his tenure was not without controversy and scandal.

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In 1972 Bill Ivey became the founding editor of the Journal of Country Music, serving as editor until 1975.

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In 1974 Ivey won a Billboard Country Award for album note writing.

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Bill Ivey served as the chairman of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences from 1981 to 1983 and then again from 1989 to 1991, the only individual elected to two separate terms.

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In 1989, Bill Ivey was one of the founders of Leadership Music, a program that brings together artists and music executives to build a stronger and more collaborative music community in Nashville.

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Ivey was appointed chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, by then-President Bill Clinton, serving from 1998 to 2001.

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Bill Ivey gained national notoriety in 1999 for unilaterally revoking a grant to Cinco Puntos Press to publish La Historia de los Colores, over concerns that the funding might end up in the hands of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.

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Bill Ivey returned to Washington in 2007 as team leader in arts and humanities for the Barack Obama presidential transition.

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Bill Ivey has written and lectured extensively about the importance of cultural policy and the value of cultural engagement in the pursuit of a high quality of life.

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Bill Ivey coined the phrase "Expressive Life" to define the part of the human experience shaped by cultural heritage and creative practice.

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From 2007 to 2018, Bill Ivey was senior advisor for China to the American Folklore Society.

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Bill Ivey produced several television shows for the Country Music Foundation, including producing and writing Country Music Hall of Fame: 25.

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Bill Ivey was advisor to the PBS television series, American Roots Music, and was writer and co-producer of In the Hank Williams Tradition, on PBS.

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In 2007 Bill Ivey co-edited, with Steven Tepper, the book Engaging Art: the Next Great Transformation of America's Cultural, and In 2008 Bill Ivey's book Arts, Inc.

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Bill Ivey has written articles on the music industry and the role of various players within it.

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Bill Ivey has written about music history, including the lack of diverse representation in the early decades of 20th century music recording.