Jim Denny (Opry manager), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Denny (Opry manager)

American music executive

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1911

Place of Birth: Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1963

Profession: record producer, talent manager

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

James Rae Denney (later Denny 28 February 1911 — 27 August 1963) was an American music executive with the National Life and Accident Insurance Company between 1939 and 1956.
During this time period, he became the head of the Artists Service Bureau for WSM in 1946 and started Cedarwood Publishing Company with Webb Pierce in 1954.
When Denny left National Life in 1956.
he continued working at Cedarwood until he ended his music executive career in 1962.
Upon his 1966 posthumous induction, Denny was the first non-musician to be named into the Country Music Hall of Fame.