1. Scott Foster Siman was born on July 22,1954 and is a leading American country music entertainment executive based in Nashville, Tennessee.
16 Facts About Scott Siman
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Scott Siman oversaw the rise of country music superstar Tim McGraw and the launch of Dancing With the Stars celebrity Julianne Hough, among others.
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Scott Siman worked with such diverse artists as Judson Spence, Ben Folds, Will Owsley, Millard Powers and Jody Spence; as well as numerous executives and music publishers.
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Scott Siman later served as senior vice president of Sony Music-Nashville, where he signed the Dixie Chicks to their initial deal as well as writers Marcus Hummon One of These Days and David Vincent Williams.
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Scott Siman managed country music star Tim McGraw where his guidance lead McGraw to be named Artist of the Decade securing more airplay than any artist in any format and the most played song of the Decade, all formats with Something Like That.
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Scott Siman is former board member of the Country Music Foundation, and a participant in Leadership Music and Leadership Nashville.
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Scott Siman served on the Nashville Cystic Fibrosis Foundation board and was a recipient of the Heart of Country award from the national organization.
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Scott Siman's debut single Ready Set Roll was a top 5 hit at country radio.
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Scott Siman left RPM Entertainment in 2014 to head up EMCo.
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Scott Siman was named to the Billboard list again in 2019.
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Scott Siman is the son of country music pioneer Si Scott Siman, who was in the talent and music publishing business and was an executive with Crossroads TV Productions, which created the first popular country music program on network television, Ozark Jubilee.
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Scott Siman's middle name is in honor of Ralph Foster, Crossroads TV's president and his father's mentor when he was born in Springfield, Missouri.
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Si Scott Siman is credited with securing record deals for Chet Atkins, Porter Wagoner and Brenda Lee, among others.
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Scott Siman is responsible for securing multiple recordings of "Satisfied Mind," all of which were in the top 10 at country radio at the same time.
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Scott Siman is a former Old Natchez CC club champion and qualified for the Tennessee State Mid Am and the Tennessee Four Ball and Senior Four Ball Championships multiple times.
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In 2014, Scott Siman was elected to the Springfield, Missouri Public Schools Hall of Fame.