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Cowboy Jack Clement
'Cowboy' Jack Clement in 1956 became part of one of the seminal events in rock and roll history when he went to work as a producer and engineer for Sam Phillips at Sun Records.
There, he discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis while Sam Phillips was away on a trip to Florida. Clement then started work as a producer at RCA in Nashville, becoming a significant figure in the Nashville music business, establishing a publishing business, his own recording studio, making records for stars such as Charley Pride and Ray Stevens. He is also credited as having discovered Townes Van Zandt.
Jack Clement wrote a number of highly successful songs that have been recorded by the likes of Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles, Carl Perkins, Bobby Bare, Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves, Jerry Lee Lewis, Cliff Richard, Charley Pride, Tom Jones, and Hank Snow. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973.
Clement was involved in a few film projects as a singer or songwriter on soundtracks and produced the 1975 horror film that marked the last film performance by actress Agnes Moorehead
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