Joe Marion Allison was an American songwriter, radio and television personality, record producer, and country music business executive.
19 Facts About Joe Allison
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Joe Allison attended East Van Zandt elementary school in Fort Worth, Texas, followed by McKinney Texas Junior High and high school in Denison, Texas.
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Joe Allison graduated high school in 1939 and attended junior college in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
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Joe Allison got his start in the music industry as a music radio announcer for KPLT in Paris, Texas.
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Joe Allison became an associate of Tex Ritter's, serving as emcee for Ritter's Canadian and American tour in 1945.
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In 1949, Joe Allison moved to Nashville, where he worked for WMAK.
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Joe Allison traveled between Nashville and Pasadena, writing songs and working on radio and television.
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Joe Allison wrote two hit singles during this decade: "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" by Faron Young and "Teen-Age Crush" by Tommy Sands, the latter cowritten with Joe's wife Audrey Allison.
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Joe Allison worked in radio and transitioned into music labels in the 1960s, while still writing songs.
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Joe Allison started the decade off in 1960 with a job at KFOX in Long Beach, California while starting the country music department at Liberty Records.
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Joe Allison hosted a radio show on the Armed Forces Radio Network, which would be the longest running show on the network, and promoted the Country Music Association, which he helped found.
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Joe Allison was awarded the CMA's Founding President's Award for his work in 1964.
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Joe Allison moved back to Nashville in the last half of the decade, where he managed the country department at Dot Records.
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Joe Allison independently produced "The Tip of My Fingers" and "Yesterday When I Was Young" by Roy Clark.
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Joe Allison was awarded the Jim Reeves Award in 1970.
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Joe Allison retired from the music industry in the late 1970s.
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Joe Allison sold antiques and fine art until 1988, when he had a heart attack, and continued to serve on the board of various organizations in his later life.
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Joe Allison died in Nashville of lung disease in 2002 and his remains were interred in the Woodlawn Memorial Park.
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Joe Allison is an inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame.