BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Description: American music industry executive and record producer.
Known For: Acuff-Rose Music
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 11th February 1918
Location Born: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date Died: 22nd April 1990
Location Died: Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
CONTACT DETAILS
Web Site: Country Music Hall of Fame
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Wesley Rose
An American music industry executive and record producer.
The son of songwriter Fred Rose, he was born in Chicago, Illinois, and studied to become a Chartered Accountant.
He eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee where in 1945 he became involved in Acuff-Rose Music, a music publishing house established by his father and his father’s partner, Roy Acuff.
Following his father’s passing in 1954, Wesley Rose served as the company’s president.
In 1985, he and partner Roy Acuff sold the Acuff-Rose catalogues to Gaylord Broadcasting Company. In 1986, Wesley Rose joined his father as an inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Wesley Rose died in Nashville in 1990.
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