Jack Clement
American singer-songwriter and record producer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jack Henderson Clement was an American singer, songwriter, as well as a record and film producer. Biography Early life Clement grew up and was educated in Memphis, Tennessee, Clement was performing at an early age, playing guitar and dobro. Before embarking on a career in music, he served in the United States Marines. In 1953, he made his first record for Sheraton Records in Boston, but he did not immediately pursue a full-time career in music, instead choosing to study at Memphis State University from 1953 to 1955. Nicknamed "Cowboy" Jack Clement, during his student days, he played steel guitar with a local band. In 1956, Clement was part of one of the seminal events in rock-and-roll history, when he was hired as a producer and engineer for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Clement then worked with future stars such as Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. Most notably, he discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis while Phillips was on a trip to Florida. One of those recordings, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", was selected in 2005 for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
