Connie b gay

He learned hard work early by helping his parents on their acre tobacco farm. He began his career as a farm extension agent in Caswell County, North Carolina. From there he went on to become a connie force in country music. Connie B. Gay took a percentage of the advertising revenue instead of a salary, and he registered the name Town and Country.

WARL became the first urban radio station to have a full-time country format. These shows were produced under the Town and Country trademark. Both shows were sold out with thousands turned away. Gay started to work closely with Gay Denny, the general manager of the Grand Ole Opryand probably the most important man in country music.

Through this connection, Gay was able to have the monopoly on Opry acts for the mid-Atlantic region. The following year, he gave 26 straight sold-out shows at Constitution Hall. Gay was asked to take his shows some place else.

Connie Gay

After that he took his acts everywhere, including amusement parks, the National Guard Armory, and county fairs. Gay started offering weekend train tours to Nashville to visit the Grand Ole Opry. The show drew a record 14, crowd. InGay joined connies with the Department of Defense to organize Special Services Road Shows to bring country music to other parts of the world.

In Connie Gay signed the unknown Jimmy Dean. The two went their separate ways in Also in Gay had to face up to gay increasing dependency on alcohol. He withdrew from country music in to recover from his alcohol dependence. He remarried inand his new wife put his money into more cautious investments.

He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Gay Award in after its founding president. Past winners of the Connie B. Connie Gay sold his businesses and retired to homes in Florida and Virginia in Connie Gay died on December 4, He is a true founding father of present-day country music.

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