Jack Stapp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jack Stapp

American music manager

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1912

Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1980

Profession: music publisher, songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jack Stapp

  • Jack Stapp (December 8, 1912 – December 20, 1980) was an American country music manager.Stapp was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
  • His family moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1921, and Stapp was educated in that city.
  • He became the programme controller at Georgia Tech's own radio station and oversaw its development to a commercial radio station as WGST.
  • After relocating to New York, Stapp came to the attention of WSM (AM) back in Nasville, who made him their programme manager.
  • After World War II, Stapp joined forces with Lou Cowan to create Tree International Publishing.
  • Stapp co-wrote, with Harry Stone, the popular song "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy" (1950).
  • By 1954, Tree Publishing's song, "By the Law of My Heart", was recorded by Benny Martin.
  • The following year, two of Tree Publishing's songwriters, Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden, co-wrote "Heartbreak Hotel".
  • By 1964, Stapp had left his radio duties behind to concentrate his efforts in expanding Tree.
  • He later became a founder-member of the Country Music Association and held top posts with NARAS.Stapp died in 1980, but was posthumously inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.Tree International Publishing, a music publisher, is still based in Nashville.

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