# Jim Foglesong

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American country music executive (1922–2013)

Jim Fogelsong Born James Staton Foglesong (1922-07-26)July 26, 1922 Lundale, West Virginia, U.S. Died July 9, 2013(2013-07-09) (aged 90) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Occupation Country music executive Years active 1951-2012 Known for President of Dot, ABC, Capitol and MCA Records

**James Staton Foglesong** (July 26, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American [country music](/source/Country_music) producer and executive from the 1950s until the 1990s, based in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee).[1]

## Biography

Foglesong was born in [Lundale, West Virginia](/source/Lundale%2C_West_Virginia).[2] As a teenager, he sang on a local radio show and in quartets and trios into his young adult years. He began his career in the music industry at [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records)' [label](/source/Record_label) in 1951, transferring [78 RPM](/source/Gramophone_record#78_rpm_disc_developments) records into [LP](/source/LP_record) formats.[2] Over the next 20 years, he worked for [RCA-Victor](/source/RCA_Records#Beginnings_and_history) until moving to Nashville in 1970 to head the [A&R](/source/Artists_and_repertoire) division at [Dot Records](/source/Dot_Records). He was named president of Dot in 1973 — the only president of a major Nashville label at the time, where he changed the company's vision from [pop](/source/Pop_music) to country.[2]

He helped lay the foundation for the country music boom in the 1990s. As president of Dot, [ABC](/source/ABC_Records), [Capitol](/source/Capitol_Records) and [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records), he signed popular artists, among them [Barbara Mandrell](/source/Barbara_Mandrell), [Don Williams](/source/Don_Williams), [Garth Brooks](/source/Garth_Brooks), [Donna Fargo](/source/Donna_Fargo), [Reba McEntire](/source/Reba_McEntire), [The Oak Ridge Boys](/source/The_Oak_Ridge_Boys), [Con Hunley](/source/Con_Hunley), [George Strait](/source/George_Strait), [Tanya Tucker](/source/Tanya_Tucker), [Sawyer Brown](/source/Sawyer_Brown), [Suzy Bogguss](/source/Suzy_Bogguss), and Kevin Morris. In Nashville, the records Fogelsong promoted won 46 [Grammy](/source/Grammy_Award), [CMA](/source/Country_Music_Association_Awards) and [ACM](/source/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards) awards.[2] He was inducted into the [Country Music Hall of Fame](/source/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame) in 2004.[3]

He was a [World War II](/source/World_War_II) veteran with the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) and a graduate of the [Eastman School of Music](/source/Eastman_School_of_Music) in [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). After retiring from the active recording industry, he became head of the music business department of [Trevecca Nazarene University](/source/Trevecca_Nazarene_University) in Nashville. He also taught a Business of Music class at [Vanderbilt University](/source/Vanderbilt_University).

He died on July 9, 2013, at the age of 90. He is survived by wife of 62 years, Toni, and their four children.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Talbott, Chris (July 9, 2013). ["Jim Foglesong, label exec, hall of famer, dies"](http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_23626380/jim-foglesong-label-exec-hall-famer-dies). *[San Jose Mercury News](/source/San_Jose_Mercury_News)*. [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). Retrieved July 10, 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Jim_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Jim_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Jim_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Jim_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Jim_2-4) Cooper, Peter (July 9, 2013). [Jim Foglesong, groundbreaking music executive, dies at 90](http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/07/09/jim-foglesong-groundbreaking-music-executive-dies-at-90/), *[The Tennessean](/source/The_Tennessean)*. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Morris, Edward (November 8, 2004). ["Jim Foglesong Heads to Country Music Hall of Fame"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081228223457/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1493521/jim-foglesong-heads-to-country-music-hall-of-fame.jhtml). [CMT](/source/Country_Music_Television). Archived from [the original](http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1493521/jim-foglesong-heads-to-country-music-hall-of-fame.jhtml) on December 28, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2010.

v t e Country Music Hall of Fame 2000s Charley Pride (2000) Faron Young (2000) Bill Anderson (2001) The Delmore Brothers (2001) The Everly Brothers (2001) Don Gibson (2001) Homer and Jethro (2001) Waylon Jennings (2001) The Jordanaires (2001) Don Law (2001) The Louvin Brothers (2001) Ken Nelson (2001) Sam Phillips (2001) Webb Pierce (2001) Bill Carlisle (2002) Porter Wagoner (2002) Floyd Cramer (2003) Carl Smith (2003) Jim Foglesong (2004) Kris Kristofferson (2004) Alabama (2005) DeFord Bailey (2005) Glen Campbell (2005) Harold Bradley (2006) Sonny James (2006) George Strait (2006) Ralph Emery (2007) Vince Gill (2007) Mel Tillis (2007) Tom T. Hall (2008) Emmylou Harris (2008) The Statler Brothers (2008) Ernest Stoneman (2008) Roy Clark (2009) Barbara Mandrell (2009) Charlie McCoy (2009)

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