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1 Early life  





2 Career  



2.1  The Jim Halsey Company, Inc.  





2.2  The Jim Halsey Institute of Music and Entertainment Business  





2.3  Billboard/Starmaker Worldwide Song Contest  





2.4  Other roles  







3 Awards and recognition  





4 Affiliations  





5 Personal life  





6 Published works  





7 References  





8 External links  














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Jim Halsey
Born1930
Occupation(s)Artist manager, artist agent, impresario
Years active1949–present
ChildrenSherman Halsey
Gina Halsey

Jim Halsey is an American artist manager, agent and impresario. He and his staff have guided, promoted or managed the careers of numerous prominent U.S. entertainers - particularly country music stars - including 29 inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame and 10 inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[1][2][3]

Halsey and his staff have handled the careers of Roy Clark, the Oak Ridge Boys, Waylon Jennings, Reba McEntire, Clint Black, Minnie Pearl, Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, the Judds, Jimmy Dean, Mel Tillis, Lee Greenwood, Hank Thompson, Don Williams, Woody Herman, James Brown, Roy Orbison, Leon Russell, Ricky Nelson, the Righteous Brothers, and many others.[2][3][4][5]

Halsey has organized and presented country music performances, particularly in the central U.S., but also on the coasts and abroad.[3] His 1976 tour, presenting Roy Clark and the Oak Ridge Boys in the Soviet Union, won praise both culturally and in diplomatic circles. Clark's return tour of the USSR in 1988 was the subject of a television documentary. The booking agency division of the Jim Halsey Company, Inc., was sold to the William Morris Agency in 1990; Halsey remained a consultant for several years.[6]

Early life[edit]

Jim Halsey was born in Independence, Kansas to Harry E. Halsey Jr. and Carrie Lee (Messick) Halsey. He attended Washington School, junior and senior high school and Independence Junior College. At age twelve, Halsey organized the Junior Marines (ages 9–12) to stimulate war bond sales. They drilled every Saturday at Washington School. Dues were 2 cents per member.[citation needed]

A few years later, Halsey formulated his goals after absorbing the story of the noted impresario Sol Hurok, in his book Impresario. In October 1949, following a vision from a book report assignment on the life of Hurok, junior college student Halsey was inspired to present shows and dances at Memorial Hall and the Independence area. His first show/dance, Leon McAuliffe was the beginning of promotions that would include big band concerts, Broadway shows, classical music presentations, wrestling, ice shows and circuses.[1][2]

Career[edit]

The Jim Halsey Company, Inc.[edit]

In December 1951, Halsey founded the Jim Halsey Co. talent agency with first client Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys, subsequently discovering and adding Wanda Jackson (1956) and Roy Clark (1959),[2] eventually maintaining a roster of 40 to 50 stars.

Over the next 40 years, the company would become the world's largest country music agency, presenting their artists on a global basis.[2] Concerts sold out from Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, to Wembley Stadium, London Palladium and Royal Albert Hall, Rossiya Theatre Moscow and Sports Coliseum Leningrad, to Tokyo Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Soldier FieldinChicago, Constitution HallinWashington, D.C. and nearly every major fair and festival around the world.[2][3] During this 40 years, the company booked over 120,000 concert dates for their roster of stars.[citation needed]

Halsey has organized and presented country music performances all over the world, in many places for the first time. His 1976 tour of the Soviet Union headlining Roy Clark and the Oak Ridge Boys won praise both culturally and in diplomatic circles. Halsey's efforts expanded country music into Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Halsey also owned the Churchill Records label in the 1980s.[7]

The Jim Halsey Institute of Music and Entertainment Business[edit]

From 1994 to 1999, Halsey created and served as director of the award-winning Music and Entertainment Business Program at Oklahoma City UniversityinOklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a Visiting Professor at HED Music CollegeinYehud, Israel, and lectures and teaches extensively at other colleges and universities around the world. He wrote his first book and seminar series, How To Make It In The Music Business. In March 2010, he launched the Jim Halsey Institute of Music and Entertainment Business, an undergraduate music business program at Independence Community College.[8]

Billboard/Starmaker Worldwide Song Contest[edit]

In 1987, Halsey's company teamed with entertainment industry magazine Billboard to produce the annual Billboard World Song Festival (later the Billboard/Starmaker Worldwide Song Contest), a song-writing competition for amateur composers of country, pop/rock, black, jazz, Latin, and gospel music, with medals and cash prices awarded in each of those categories, in a televised program.[9] Categories for world, rhythm & blues and rap music were added later, the category "black" deleted, and the "pop" and "rock" categories were separated.[citation needed] Merchandise was added to the awards.[citation needed] The program is co-sponsored by Sonicbids, Disc Makers, Casio, GoGirlsMusic.com, D'Addario Strings, TAXI, Indie Band Manager and BluBlocker Sunglasses.[citation needed]

Other roles[edit]

Awards and recognition[edit]

Affiliations[edit]

Halsey has served on the following Boards of Directors: the Country Music Association (CMA), The Academy of Country Music (ACM), National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Austin Chapter), Mercantile Bank and Trust Tulsa, Citizens National Bank, and Tulsa Philharmonic. He was a member of the Kansas Film Commission between 1981 and 1985.

Personal life[edit]

Halsey is the father of the late director/producer Sherman Halsey and is married to Minisa Crumbo, daughter of American Indian artist Woody Crumbo.[24]

Published works[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ a b c d e f g Everly-Douze, Susan: "'Livin' on Tulsa Time': Trio Rocks Country Music Cradle", biography, Oklahoma Today, retrieved from Oklahoma State University archives, September 5, 2020
  • ^ a b c d Grawe, Jim (producer/narrator): Kansas Country, documentary film (preview online), aired September 5, 2020 (and previously), KPTS-TV, viewed September 5, 2020
  • ^ "Former CAA agent Ron Baird dies at 60,", February 4, 2011, Variety, retrieved September 5, 2020
  • ^ "Leo Zabelin,", March 3, 1997, Variety, retrieved September 5, 2020
  • ^ "Halsey Co., William Morris announce merger". Archived from the original on 2011-04-30.
  • ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (21 November 1981). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 4. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  • ^ "Jim Halsey Institute". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  • ^ "Billboard, Halsey To Launch Song Competition," January 31, 1987, Billboard (magazine), archived at WorldRadioHistory.org, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ "Advisory Board,", National Fiddlers' Hall of Fame, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ "James Albert Halsey,", retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ "Jim Halsey Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who: Mr. Halsey has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the music management industry," November 14, 2018, archived at 24.7.com, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ "American Eagle Awards," National Music Council of the United States, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ McDonnell, Brandy "Photos: Jim Halsey receives American Eagle Award," July 17, 2015, The Oklahoman, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ press release: "IEBA announces 2014 Hall of Fame inductees, honorees," July 2, 2014, International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA), retrieved from RichLynn Group website September 6, 2020
  • ^ a b Senate Resolution No. 1741: "A resolution congratulating Jim Halsey on his numerous musical accomplishments including being inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame", retrieved from "2013-2014 Legislative Sessions: Senate Resolutions: SR1741", Kansas Senate, September 6, 2020
  • ^ "Kansas Music Hall of Fame Inductees". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  • ^ "Jim Halsey - 2000 Inductee". Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  • ^ Wooley, John: "Cherokee awards salute eclectic group of recipients," May 9, 1999, Tulsa World, transcribed in newsletter, archived at oocities.org, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ "Trail of Tears Art Show To Begin 3-Week Run," May 12, 1999, The Oklahoman, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ "Industry news" The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), May 13, 1997, page 3, retrieved from OCR text at Newspapers.com archive, September 6, 2020
  • ^ "...Baker...", May 15, 1992 Ottawa Herald, page 2, retrieved from OCR text at Newspapers.com archive, September 6, 2020
  • ^ "Industry Honors: CMA Founding President's Award," Country Music Association, retrieved September 6, 2020
  • ^ "Jim Halsey Honored".
  • ^ "Jim Halsey released "Starmaker"".
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