Derby / Greenville / Las Vegas / Memphis / Omaha / Charlotte / Kansas City / Nashville / Des Moines / /
Company
IEBA Scholarship Endowment Fund / Sony Publishing / Bobby Baker Enterprises / Arkansas State Fair / AEG Live! Founder / /
Currency
USD / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
the International Association of Fairs and Festivals / the Lifetime Achievement Award / the Humanitarian/Lifetime Achievement Award / the Living Legend Award / Lifetime Achievement Awards / the Founder’s Award / /
Event
Employment Change / Company Expansion / /
Facility
Belmont University / Music Square / Belmont College / Crossroads Arena / Gladys Van Dyke / Stouffer Hotel / Sheraton Hotel / /
IndustryTerm
real networking organization / Internet revolution / Web Consortium / associate publisher / /
Movie
Man of the Year / /
MusicGroup
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / /
Organization
World Health Organization / William Morris Agency / Country Music Association / Belmont University / International Country Music Buyers Association / Vanderbilt Voice Center / National Musicians Union / International Entertainment Buyers Association / International Association of Fairs and Expositions / International Association of Fairs and Festivals / Belmont College / /
Person
Jack Norman / Sandy Rockwood / Tony Conway / Charlie Daniels / Jim Halsey / Leroy Van Dyke / Jerry Wallace / Loretta Lynn / Steve Moore / Dan Fleenor / Bill Pauley / George Strait / Connie B. Gay / Ben Farrell / Danny Davis / Lori Renfrow / Carlton Haney / Gene Crawford / Can Do / Eddy Arnold / Danny Fleenor / Waylon Jennings / Sam Fulco / Bud Wendell / Tex Ritter / Laurie Stevens / David Houston / Abe Hamza / Jan Howard / Evelyn Zerr / Anthony Armstrong Jones / Lon Varnell / Judy Ade / Jim Rooker / Mitzi Robinson / Minnie Pearl / Jeff Foxworthy / Bobby Smith / Charles Haney / Rod Essig / Ray Pilszak / Johnnie Holmes / Myles Johnson / Orrin Hatch / Bill Luther / Ronnie Milsap / Joe Guercio / Jerry Garren / Marlin Payne / Don Romeo / Don Sundquist / Kymberlee Pearson / Laurie Stephens / Kenny Rogers / Wilson Sparks / Hubert Long / Hap Peebles / Steve Tolman / Barbara Hubbard / Bill Hollingshead / Patti Page / LeAnn Rimes / Anne Murray / Dean Unkefer / Tiffany Davis / Barbara Mandrell / Rodney Crowell / Billy Walker / Tom Powell / Wayne Newton / Brenda Lee / Lou Rawls / Keith Fowler / Mark Roeder / Cheap Trick / Billy Ray Cyrus / Joan Saltel / Paul Buck / Vince Gill / Patti Burgart / Tammy Wynette / Jack Norman Jr. / Florence Henderson / Johnny Matson / Reggie Churchwell / Clarence Spalding / Smokey Smith / Eddie Rabbitt / Paul Moore / Dolly Parton / Jerry Clower / Cathy Gurley / Conway Twitty / Charley Pride / Johnny Cash / Lorianne Crook / Tom Parker / Walter Bouilette / Dick Blake / Robert Osoff / Jack Roberts / John Juliano Jr. / Bette Kaye / Lois Johnson / Berry Farm / George Moffett / /
Position
manager of the hotel / executive director / president / Vice President / Promoter/Producer / Second Vice President / head / second executive director / Treasurer / annual disc jockey / attorney / manager / speaker / First Vice President / Secretary / young artist / independent contractor / director for IEBA / Colonel / Governor / keynote speaker / executive vice president / musician / chairman of the board / Long’s attorney / /
ProvinceOrState
Missouri / South Carolina / California / Nevada / North Carolina / /
IEBA—Then and Now Our story opens in the 1960s, around the time the Beatles would first appear on Ed Sullivan’s “Really Big Shew.” Elsewhere, country music “package shows,” consisting of three to five country