Ralph Peer

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human music executive record producer recording engineer talent scout

Ralph Peer was an influential American talent scout, recording engineer, and music executive who helped pioneer the country and blues recording industries in the early 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Ralph Peer canonical 3
Ralph Peer II 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
recording engineer ⓘ
talent scout ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
child Ralph Peer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ralph Peer II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-05-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-01-19 ⓘ
employer Okeh Records ⓘ
Victor Talking Machine Company ⓘ
familyName Peer ⓘ
fieldOfWork blues music ⓘ
country music ⓘ
music publishing ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
founded Peer International Corporation ⓘ
Southern Music Publishing Company ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
country ⓘ
hillbilly music ⓘ
givenName Ralph ⓘ
heritage American of German descent ⓘ
influenced development of the blues recording industry ⓘ
development of the country music industry ⓘ
name Ralph Sylvester Peer ⓘ
notableAchievement expanded international music publishing for American popular music ⓘ
helped establish royalty-based contracts for country songwriters ⓘ
notableFor organizing the 1927 Bristol Sessions ⓘ
pioneering the commercial blues recording industry ⓘ
pioneering the commercial country music recording industry ⓘ
recording early country and hillbilly music artists ⓘ
notableWork recording Jimmie Rodgers at the Bristol Sessions ⓘ
recording Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” session ⓘ
recording the Carter Family at the Bristol Sessions ⓘ
occupation music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
recording engineer ⓘ
talent scout ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
spouse Monique Peer ⓘ
workLocation Bristol, Tennessee ⓘ
Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood, California

New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grammy Trustees Award → hasNotableRecipient → Ralph Peer ⓘ
1927 Bristol Sessions → producer → Ralph Peer ⓘ
1927 Bristol Sessions → organizer → Ralph Peer ⓘ
Ralph Peer → child → Ralph Peer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ralph Peer II