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  • Feb 12, 1911
    Record executive Steve Sholes is born in Washington, D.C. Best known for bringing Elvis Presley to RCA in 1955, he also works with the likes of Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold and Chet Atkins, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967
    Mar 8, 1949
    Hank Snow has his first American recording session at RCA Studio A in Chicago. Producer Steve Sholes declines an opportunity to cut "I'm Moving On." Instead, the session yields Snow's first charted single, "Marriage Vow"
    Sep 1, 1957
    Chet Atkins becomes the manager of RCA's Nashville operations when Steve Sholes is appointed to run the label's pop division
    Feb 26, 1962
    Trumpeter Al Hirt records his instrumental pop hit "Java" at RCA Studio B in Nashville, with Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes producing
    Oct 20, 1967
    Red 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
    Apr 22, 1968
    RCA executive Steve Sholes dies when he suffers a heart attack while driving to the Nashville Airport. A 1967 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Sholes produced country hits by Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow and Jim Reeves

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