Bill Lowery Music/Southern Tracks collection papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Bill Lowery Music/Southern Tracks collection papers
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1959-2009
Language(s): English
Extent: 9.5 Linear Feet 10 boxes
Collection Number: ms4582
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Bill Lowery (1924-2004) cofounded Lowery Music Company in Atlanta, Georgia where he recorded, produced and published music.

Southern Tracks Recording Studio was a music recording studio connected with Lowery Music publishing. It was located on Claremont Road in Atlanta, Georgia.

Scope and Content

This collection includes music production documentation and miscellaneous files, notebooks, and ephemera that is associated with the Bill Lowery Music/Southern Tracks collection in the Walter J. Brown Media Library.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Bill Lowery Music/Southern Tracks collection papers, ms4582, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Bill Lowery - Miscellaneous papers

 

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Music, lyrics

 

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Delay charts, quick references

 

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Photographs

 

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Tape logs

 

1

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Guitar inventories

 

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Tracking notes, lyrics - Killswitch Engage

 

1

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Notebook - The Blonz

 

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9

Notebooks

 

1

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Mix documentation - Kabanya, Black Geurillas

 

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Scooter Lee - Track sheets, chords, lyrics - Nashville session

 

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Track sheets - Powder Finger, Copperhead

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Mix documentation - Various bands/songs

 

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Ace Records Limited - UK

 

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AFTRA - Health and retirement

 

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American Federation of Musicians

 

11

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Arcade Publishing

 

11

5

Arista

 

11

6

Arrow, Edelstein and Laird

 

11

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Artemis, 1984-1987

 

11

8

Artemis - Mexico, Central and South America, 1983-1988

 

11

9

Artist Records, Inc.

 

11

10

ASCAP

 

11

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ASCAP - Brother Bill

 

11

12

ASCAP - Terri Music

 

11

13

AVI Records

 

11

14

Bam Balam Records

 

11

15

Tom Barfield

 

11

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BCL Music - Formerly BLC Music

 

11

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John Beland

 

11

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Billboard

 

11

19

BMG Australia

 

11

20

BMG - Two P(i)eters

 

11

21

BMG - Correspondence

 

11

22

BMG - License request

 

11

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BMG - Lowery contract

 

11

24

BMG Music

 

11

25

BMG - California, New York

 

11

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BMG - London, 1997

 

11

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BMG - London

 

11

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BMG Music

 

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BMG - Australia

 

11

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BMG - Germany

 

11

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BMG - Ariola, South America

 

11

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BMG - Sweden

 

11

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BMG - Catalog update

 

11

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BMG , 1991

 

11

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BMG, 1990

 

11

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BMG, 1989

 

11

37

BMG - Broadcast Music, Inc.

 

11

38

BMG - Contracts

 

11

39

BMG - Correspondence

 

11

40

BMG - Clearance forms

 

11

41

Brad Burkhart

 

11

42

Carswell copyrights

 

11

43

Miracles - E. Carswell, L. Ahlstrom, R. Lee

 

11

44

Carswell letters to record companies, etc.

 

11

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Eddie Carswell

 

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Eddie Carswell - Contracts, etc.

 

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CBS Records

 

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Chappell

 

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Chappell and Intersong Music Group - Australia, 1989

 

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Warner-Chappell - Australia, 1977-1983

 

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Warner-Chappell - Australia, 1984-1986

 

12

5

Warner-Chappell - Germany

 

12

6

Warner-Chappell - Scandanavia

 

12

7

Chattanooga Choo-Choo

 

12

8

CMRRA

 

12

9

Columbia Pictures Television

 

12

10

Copyright office DA records

 

12

11

Copyright information

 

12

12

Copyright Office

 

12

13

Copyright legislation

 

12

14

Copyright information

 

12

15

Brian Cooper - England

 

12

16

Country Music Association

 

12

17

Country Music Hall of Fame

 

12

18

Curb Records

 

12

19

Cyril Shane Music

 

12

20

Deep South Music Pty. Ltd. - Mr. Roos - South Africa

 

12

21

Delta - Music in the Air

 

12

22

Dreamworks

 

12

23

Drive Entertainment

 

12

24

ETV - Entrepeneur Television

 

12

25

East Memphis - Lowery

 

12

26

EKOR Boradcasting Co. Ltd. - Alex Suvorov

 

12

27

Eleven East Publishing

 

12

28

EMI Music Publishing - France

 

12

29

EMI Music Publishing - Germany

 

12

30

Kent Emmons - Allen Kent Music

 

12

31

Steve Enoch (Bad Boot)

 

12

32

Entertainment Television

 

12

33

Eternal Gold Music - W. Parker

 

12

34

Essex Music

 

12

35

Eternal Gold - Copies of copyrights, song agreements

 

12

36

Eufaula

 

12

37

Fame Music - Rick Hall

 

12

38

Famous music

 

12

39

Financial consulting companies

 

12

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Miscellaneous foreign

 

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Various foreign contracts

 

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Fox Music, Inc.

 

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Harry Fox - Licenses, green sheets

 

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Harry Fox Agency, Inc. - POLI-PLUS computer program

 

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Harry Fox royalty confirmations (Mech.)

 

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Harry Fox mechanical royalty confirmations

 

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Harry Fox Agency

 

13

5

Fujipacific, 1990-1999

 

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Fujipacific Music

 

13

8

Gaither Music

 

13

9

Gallo Music Publishers

 

13

10

Garwin Music - Sold to MCA

 

13

11

Gaylord-Word Records

 

13

12

Georgia Music Festival, 1998

 

13

13

Georgia Music Hall of Fame show

 

13

14

Georgia Music Hall of Fame

 

13

15

Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority - Trademark license agreement

 

13

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Trademark license agreement

 

13

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Georgia Music Industry Association (GMIA)

 

13

18

Georgia Public television (GPTV)

 

13

19

Georgia State University

 

13

20

Michael Greene - Recording Academy

 

13

21

Girls Only - Scott Sanders

 

13

22

Girls Only - Production contract

 

13

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Girls Only - Proposals

 

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Girls Only - Personal info

 

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Girls Only - Management contracts

 

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Girls Only - Financial

 

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Girls Only - David Shaw - Sony

 

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Girls Only - Contracts - Sony

 

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Girls Only - Misc. old bios, lyric sheets

 

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Lewis Grizzard - Tony Privett

 

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Alternative market - Grizzard

 

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Lewis Grizzard

 

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Lewis Grizzard - Contracts

 

14

5

Grizzard party

 

14

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Lewis Grizzard - Southern Tracks

 

14

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Grizzard

 

14

8

Grizzard mailings

 

14

9

Lewis Grizzard

 

14

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Lewis Grizzard - Mailing list

 

14

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John Gross

 

14

12

Halcyon Records

 

14

13

Hearsay Records

 

14

14

Herb Heldt

 

14

15

Highland Music, Inc.

 

14

16

Hill & Range

 

14

18

Hollywood Reporter

 

14

19

The Howie Mandel Show

 

14

20

Ichiban Records

 

14

21

Jane Peterer Music (JPMC)

 

14

22

Jewel Music

 

14

23

Jobete Music Co., Inc. - Frank Banyia

 

14

24

Justin Entertainment

 

14

25

JVC - Karaoke

 

14

26

K-Tel

 

14

27

Buddy Kalb

 

14

28

Kaper Records

 

14

29

Joel Katz

 

14

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Koch International

 

14

31

Laughing Hyena

 

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List of name and dates of exclusive writer contracts

 

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Look Custom U.K. Limited

 

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Love Joy, Inc.

 

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Low-Ab Music

 

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Lo-Bam Music

 

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Low-Ja

 

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Low-Sal

 

14

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Low Twi, Inc.

 

14

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Lowery - Molasses Music

 

14

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Lowery Sub-Pub's

 

14

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Lowery Music country album

 

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Lowery's top 60 most performed songs

 

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Bill Lowery - NARAS

 

14

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Compilation of CD song lists

 

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Lowery songwriters

 

14

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Lowery new song list

 

14

48

Masters

 

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Miscellaneous

 

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NARAS - Votes

 

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NEM

 

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Missing renewals

 

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Renewals, 1990

 

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Song writers, song lists

 

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D. - Lo

 

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Dead file

 

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Exclusive writer contracts in fire files

 

14

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Lowery v. Word music

 

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Roland Lundy - Word

 

14

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MCA Music Publishing

 

14

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Mark Pucci Media

 

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62

MEIEA

 

14

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Mercury Records - Lowery

 

14

64

Mi-Bill Consultants

 

14

65

Zell Miller

 

14

66

Miss Delta Music

 

14

67

Mondo Daytona - Fast

 

14

68

Music City Associates

 

14

69

Music Maestro

 

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70

Music Publsher's Association

 

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71

Nashville Association of Musicians

 

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NMPA, 1998

 

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NMPA, 1996

 

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NMPA, 1995

 

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NMPA, 1995

 

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NMPA, 1993-1994

 

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NMPA - National Music publisher's Association

 

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Name That Tune - Tommy Oliver Productions

 

15

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Name That Tune series

 

15

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NARAs Hall of Fame

 

15

8

Naturals - Bang Records

 

15

9

Nelson Larkin Productions

 

15

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New song

 

15

11

New South Entertainment Group

 

15

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New South Music Showcase

 

15

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Keith Newcomb (& Co.)

 

15

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No Fire Exit music - Capricorn Records

 

15

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Opryland Music

 

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Paradise contracts

 

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Pacific Rim Music Pty Limited - Colin Cornish

 

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19

Peer Music

 

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Peer Music Corp. - Peer Southern

 

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Peer Music Co.

 

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Phonograph Record

 

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PPL - Phonographic Performance Ltd.

 

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Polyanna Group - Ray Williams

 

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Polygram special products - Lowery CDs

 

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Polygram - Australia

 

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Polygram - London

 

15

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Polodor

 

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Polygram Records

 

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Prep School music

 

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Prep School

 

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Producers Group International

 

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Quiet Earth Studio

 

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Recording industries

 

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Records Ltd. - Ted Carroll - U.K. based

 

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Response to submission letters

 

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The "Rear Window" renewal problems

 

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Raplh Peer Organization

 

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1-2-3 Records

 

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Rec track

 

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The recording industries

 

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Reel Productions

 

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Rhino Records

 

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RIAA

 

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Riot records - Van Temple

 

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Ripete Records

 

15

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Scott Sanders

 

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Scholarship fund - Bill Lowery

 

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Score One

 

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Harold Shedd

 

15

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Shelby Singleton Music

 

15

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Showbiz Pizza Time, Inc.

 

15

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Shur Fine Gospel

 

15

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David Simone - Polygram Music Publishing Group

 

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Shurefine Gospel Record Company

 

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SMEE II

 

15

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Robert F. Smith

 

15

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Snapfinger Music - Don Bryant

 

15

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Songwriters

 

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Sony Music Entertainment - Japan

 

15

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Sony Tree Publishing

 

15

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Southern Tracks

 

15

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Sports comedy albums

 

15

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Stansell - Lowery

 

15

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Starforce International

 

15

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Starshower

 

15

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Sterling Gold

 

15

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Steel City Music

 

15

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Stax Records c/o Fantasy, Inc.

 

15

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Stone - TK Productions

 

15

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Cheshire Bridge Self Storage

 

15

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Stratosphere - Moses Dillard

 

15

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Sunshine Publishing

 

15

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Supa-Goshen Road Music

 

15

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Sweden - Music royalties, 1978

 

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Sweden Music - From 1976

 

15

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Synchronization quotes

 

15

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Synethia

 

15

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Tecumseh Music

 

15

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Tecumseh Music - Steve Fromm

 

15

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Tecumseh Music - Miscellaneous song contract

 

15

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TFMG

 

15

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Tiger Lady Music

 

15

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The History of Rock-N-Roll - Media Rights, Inc.

 

15

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The Shoot

 

15

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Three B's Productions

 

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Touch Tunes Digital Jukebox

 

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Tricomm, Inc.

 

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TRO Richmond - Young Love

 

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Turner Broadcasting

 

16

5

Upper Eighties

 

16

6

Video

 

16

7

Vision Records

 

16

8

Walt Disney Records

 

16

9

Warner Basart Music

 

16

10

Warner-Chappell - Australia

 

16

11

Warner-Chappell - London

 

16

12

Warner-Chappell - Foreign agreements

 

16

13

Warner-Chappell - Print agreement

 

16

14

Warner Music Publishing - Hong Kong

 

16

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Warner-Chappell - Australia

 

16

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Warner-Chappell - California

 

16

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Warner Basart

 

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Warner-Chappell - Lowery agreements

 

16

19

Webby Music

 

16

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Windswept Pacific Music

 

16

21

Wonder Music

 

16

22

Writer's Digest Books

 

16

23

Young World Music

 

16

24

Zomba

 

16

25

Ivan Mogull - West Coast Publications

 

16

26

Lowery Group LP for broadcasters - Volume II

 

16

27

Lowery Group C&W LP for broadcasters

 

16

28

25 Golden Years in Lowery Country

 

16

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25 Golden Years - The Lowery Group

 

16

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Lowery Group LP for broadcasters

 

16

31

Bio for Bill Lowery

 

16

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Copyright thru '78

 

16

33

Georgia Awards Show, 1997

 

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Newsletter

 

16

35

List of Lowery songs Betcha Didn't Know?

 

16

36

Georgia Music Hall of Fame show, 1997

 

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37

Hall of Fame, 1995

 

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38

Georgia Music Hall of Fame, 1994

 

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Georgia Music Hall of Fame, 1993

 

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ASCAP

 

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41

Hit & Miss CD

 

16

42

Intersound

 

16

43

Lowery - 35 Years CD

 

16

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Sheet music

 

16

46

Correspondence, demo graphics

 

16

47

Tommy Roe - Signed photographs (5)

 

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48

Photographs - ARS, Wilburn Brothers, various others

 

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Printed material

 

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Anderson, Bill

 

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Atlanta

 

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Atlanta Rhythm Section

 

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Bailey, Razzy

 

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Dave Barry

 

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James Terryl Bechtol (Bubba)

 

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Bruce Blackman

 

17

8

Louis Brown

 

17

9

Buddy Buie

 

17

10

Cason, Buzz

 

17

11

M.C. Cass

 

17

12

Albert Coleman

 

17

13

Hal Coleman - Publicity, promos, bios

 

17

14

Melody Craddock

 

17

15

Moses Dailey

 

17

16

Harold Daniels

 

17

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Mac Davis

 

17

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Gary Edwards

 

17

19

Ralph Emery

 

17

20

Barry Etris

 

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21

Everybody's Brothers

 

17

22

Family Plann contracts

 

17

23

Russ Fowler

 

17

24

Cleve Francis - re: Martin L. King

 

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25

Friend and Lover

 

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26

Jimmy Ginn

 

17

27

Andy Griffith

 

17

28

Elsie Griner

 

17

29

Lewis Grizzard

 

17

30

Edgel Groves

 

17

31

Carole Joyner Gurley

 

17

32

John Healy

 

17

33

HBO vs. Manhattan Cable

 

17

34

Kendall Hayes (Way On By)

 

17

35

Heart to Heart

 

17

36

Bertie Higgins - 80's

 

17

37

William Hollins

 

17

38

H.O.T.S.

 

17

39

H.O.T.S. - Screenplay

 

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40

Sammy Johns

 

17

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Sammy Johns, 1990-1996

 

17

42

Doug Johnson

 

17

43

Roy Lee Johnson

 

17

44

Columbia Jones (Carol White)

 

17

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Jimmy Jones - Trina's producer

 

17

46

Michael Jones

 

17

47

Toby King & Harry Fleming - TK Productions

 

17

48

Martin Luther King - Nashboro Recs.

 

17

49

Fredrick Knight

 

17

50

Brenda Lee

 

17

51

Russ Lee

 

17

52

Scooter Lee - Contracts

 

17

53

Scooter Lee - Publicity, bios, song lists

 

17

54

Bill Lowery - Legal

 

17

55

Medallions bio

 

17

56

Governor Zell Miller

 

17

57

Pam Mills

 

17

58

Rodney Mills

 

17

59

Tony Moon

 

17

60

Johnny Nash

 

17

61

Ken Nelson

 

17

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Joe Nelson

 

17

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New song

 

17

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Sam O'Neil

 

17

65-66

Robert Nix - Legal

 

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Robert Nix - Property paper and advanced checks

 

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Wade Pepper

 

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Don Perry

 

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Willie Perryman "Piano Red"

 

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Sandy Posey

 

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Gary Propper - Gallager

 

18

6

Jerry Reed

 

18

7

Burt Reynolds

 

18

8

Garfield Ruff

 

18

9

Carl F. Rupp

 

18

10

Savannah (2 of 2)

 

18

11

Thetis Sealey

 

18

12

Joe South - Lyrics

 

18

13

The Sunshine Boys

 

18

14

Higgins

 

18

15

Herman Talmedge

 

18

16

Eric Quincy Tate

 

18

17

Jerry Tate

 

18

18

The Film Music Group - Ray Williams

 

18

19

Van A. Temple

 

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20

B.J. Thomas

 

18

21

Phil Thomson

 

18

22

Phil Thomson contract file

 

18

23

Trina (Catrina Maxwell)

 

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24

Trina (Catrina Maxwell) - Bios, publicity

 

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25

Travis Tritt

 

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26

Randall Wilson Turner

 

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27

Unipop (Phyllis and Manny Loiacono) - 1 of 2

 

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Unipop (Phyllis and Manny Loiacono) - 2 of 2

 

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29

Jacque Vandijl

 

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Vibe Tribe

 

18

32

Jan Carlton Vinson

 

18

33

Barbara Walker

 

18

34

Gary Walker

 

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35

Jennie Walker

 

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36

Pat Walsh

 

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37

Florence Warner

 

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38

Congressman Henry Waxman

 

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39

Jerry Weaver

 

18

40

Ray Weaver

 

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41

William Allen Webster

 

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42

Cecil Welch

 

18

43

Dan Welch

 

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44

Freddy Weller

 

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45

Kitty Wells

 

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46

Paul Weston

 

18

47

English White

 

18

48

Larry Whitley - Junior Bennett

 

18

49

Ray Whitley

 

18

50

Sue Wilkinson

 

18

51

Wilkinson - Brown

 

18

52

Ray Williams

 

18

53

Gene Williams

 

18

54

Hal Willis

 

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55

Cheryl Wilson

 

18

56

Jim Wilson

 

18

57

Winston Slade - Contracts

 

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58

Tim Wilson

 

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59

Glen Wood

 

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60

Glen Wood - Pictures

 

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Holly Woods

 

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Holly Woods - Past expense reports for Toronto

 

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Jerry Yates

 

19

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Bob Yeager - Cycle

 

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5

Yo Baby Music, Inc.

 

19

6

Tim York - Eastbridge Records

 

19

7

Younguns

 

19

8

Julian Ziff

 

19

9

Steve Zito

 

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10-12

Demo orders

 

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13

Screenplay - Bigamy Jones

 

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14-20

Royalties