Chips Moman
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Chips Momans genius began in the studio, where he instituted technical innovations that forever changed the recording industry, but it expanded from there with an uncanny ability to recognize hit songs when he heard them as rough demos, and then blossomed with an unsurpassed string of hit records. He rescued Elvis Presleys career with his recordings of Suspicious Minds and In the Ghetto, and he provided Willie Nelson with one of his most memorable signature songs, Always on My Mind. Not bad for a Georgia country boy who dropped out of school in the eighth grade and hitchhiked to Memphis in search of the American Dream. I think the Chips Moman story has provided me with the best book I have written since Colonel Tom Parker, which was purchased by Warner Bros. for its Elvis film starring Tom Hanks, says author James L. Dickerson. I anticipate great interest in a movie based on Momans story. Small wonder. He has been called the Steve McQueen of the music business. By any measure-sales, multi-genre capability, number of hit records, technical innovation, artistry, etc.-Lincoln Chips Moman was the most important record producer in American history. With several hundred hits to his credit in pop, country, rhythm & blues, and rock, both from record production and songwriting, Chips Moman is legendary within the music industry. This biography is the story of his life. Early on, Chips Moman was a co-founder of Memphiss Stax Records, along with Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton. Moman found the location for the studio, organized the recording system, recruited the early talent and produced the legendary soul music record labels first two hits-Gee Whiz by Carla Thomas and Last Night, an instrumental by the Mar-Keys. As a record producer, he rescued Elvis Presleys career with hits such as Suspicious Minds, In the Ghetto, and Kentucky Rain. He produced music icons such as Petula Clark and Dionne Warwick. In rock and pop he is associated with the Gent
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