Stay" with Charles Grean, which was a hit that same year for Jeanne Black. In 1961, he started working at Central Songs, a publishing house based in Los Angeles. He also hosted a radio show on the Armed Forces Radio Network, which would be the longest running show on the network, and promoted the Country Music Association (CMA), which he helped found. He was awarded the CMA's Founding President's Award for his work in 1964. He moved back to Nashville in the last half of the decade, where he managed the country department at Dot Records. He independently produced "The Tip of My Fingers" and "Yesterday When I Was Young" by Roy Clark. In the 1970s he was head of Paramount Music and Capitol Records' country divisions. At Paramount, he signed Joe Stampley and Tommy Overstreet. At Capitol, he worked with Red Steagall and produced Tex Ritter's final album. He was awarded the Jim Reeves Award in 1970. In 1976, he was inducted into the Disc Jockey Hall of Fame and two years later, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Later life and legacy Allison retired from the music industry in the late 1970s. He sold antiques and fine art until 1988, when he had a heart attack, and continued to serve on the board of various organizations in his later life. He died in Nashville of lung disease in 2002 and his remains were interred in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Joe Allison is an inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame. References External links Interview with Joe Allison from the Country Music Hall of Fame 1924 births 2002 deaths People from McKinney, Texas American country songwriters American male songwriters Radio personalities from Nashville, Tennessee Songwriters from Texas Record producers from Texas American music industry executives Members of the Country Music Association Record producers from Tennessee Songwriters from Tennessee American television hosts American Forces Network Capitol Records Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Deaths from lung disease Antiques dealers 20th-century male musicians