American producer, singer/songwriter, musician, actor and publisher, born February 4, 1925 in Jefferson, Texas and died August 6, 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee. He owned the Frontier Jamboree Records, [l236547], [l1821749], [l1216932], [l607475] & [l1928123] labels, as well as [l1010933] publishing. He worked with and was married to Kay Arnold.