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Apr 15, 1900J.L. Frank is born in Limestone County, Alabama. He becomes the first major promoter and manager in country music, working with Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold and Minnie Pearl. Frank joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967Dec 23, 1936Pee Wee King marries Lydia Frank, the daughter of manager J.L. Frank, in LouisvilleMay 4, 1952J.L. Frank dies in a Detroit hotel room, where he's been laid up with strep throat. Referred to as the "Flo Ziegfeld of country music," he was the first major promoter and manager in the genre, working with Pee Wee King, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl in a career that will place him in the Country Music Hall of FameOct 20, 1967Red Foley, Jim Reeves, artist manager J.L. Frank and record producer Steve Sholes join the Country Music Hall of Fame during the first Country Music Association awards ceremony in Nashville
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