1. Si Siman discovered Country Music Hall of Fame Members Chet Atkins and Porter Wagoner, and secured record deals for The Browns and Brenda Lee among others; and was the key figure behind Ozark Jubilee, the first network television series to feature America's top country music stars.
Si Siman scored a World Series ring with the Gashouse Gang St Louis Cardinals as batboy.
Si Siman spent a summer and half driving legendary scout Charley Barrett who was working for Branch Rickey, the general manager of the St Louis Cardinals.
Si Siman attended Duke University, Berea College and graduated from Drury College after serving in the US Navy during World War II.
Si Siman returned to Springfield and rejoined Ralph Foster's KWTO, where he had worked as a teenager, and became vice president of Foster's RadiOzark Enterprises, Inc.
Si Siman would produce multiple radio shows, including Sermons In Song, Saddle Rockin'Rhythm starring Shorty and Sue Thompson, 260 shows starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, and 293 award-winning radio shows featuring Smiley Burnette.
Si Siman produced The Bill Ring Show for General Mills heard on for two years on ABC Radio.
Si Siman discovered Chet Atkins and Porter Wagoner in the early 1950s.
Si Siman took a recording of "Canned Heat" by Chet Atkins to Steve Shoals at RCA Victor resulting in a label deal.
Si Siman was Wagoner's first manager having heard him on a local broadcast from a butcher shop in West Plains, Missouri; produced his first hit, "A Satisfied Mind", in Springfield; and signed him to an RCA Records contract in 1951.
Si Siman told Atkins his given name, Chester, wouldn't make it in country music, and he helped Atkins and The Browns land contracts with RCA.
Si Siman would publish major hit songs from Springfield, Missouri spanning four decades.
Si Siman helped such local artists as Ronnie Self and Johnny Mullins chart nationally.
In 1970, Si Siman established the Red Foley Memorial Music Award at Berea College.
Si Siman was active with the Shriners and was appointed chief aide in 1980.
Si Siman promoted a show for the Shriners at the Superdome in New Orleans featuring George Strait as the headliner.
When he retired in 1987, Si Siman sold Earl Barton Music and the rights to a catalog of nearly 2,000 songs to Rolf Budde Musikverlage of Germany.
Si Siman died of cancer in Springfield on December 16,1994.