Owner of Sun Records. Producer Shelby Singleton bought the rights to the label and its master recordings with the profits from his hit song, "Harper Valley PTA".
Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1986
under the category Non-Performer.
His 13-year-old son Jerry was a professional wrestler in the 1960s
wrestling as a "midget" though he was not really a midget. Jerry's
career ended after he was physically attacked by a crazy fan during a
match.
"If I could find a white man who had the Negro Sound and the Negro
feel, I could make a million dollars" (This was said not long before
Elvis Presley walked into Sun Records for the first time).