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Cliffie Stone

real name Clifford Gilpin Snyder

Cliffie Stone is credited on 704 releases across 221 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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American country singer, bassist, producer, publisher, talent manager, record label owner and Radio/TV personality.
A&R executive at since 1946. Co-founder of the publishing company alongside Tennessee Ernie Ford, that he also managed as artist between 1947 and 1957. Owner.
Born: March 1, 1917 in Stockton, California.
Died: January 17, 1998 of a heart attack at his house in Santa Clarita, California.
Son. Father of Steve Stone and Curtis Stone.
Stone hosted a local country-western variety show in Los Angeles, "Hometown Jamboree," on which he discovered such artists as Merle Travis, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Ferlin Husky, Stan Freberg and Les Paul and Mary Ford. The program aired on KTLA television in the late 1940s to early 1950s.
Stone received the Academy Of Country Music's Pioneer Award in early 1973 and received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989. He was also awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio.

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