Stephen Henry Sholes (February 12, 1911 – April 22, 1968)[1] was a prominent American recording executive with RCA Victor.
Sholes was born in Washington, D.C., and moved with his family to Merchantville, New Jersey, at the age of nine, near where his father worked in the Victor Talking Machine Company plant in Camden.
[3] In 1945, he became head of the country division in Nashville, Tennessee, and was responsible for recruiting such talent as Chet Atkins for RCA Victor.
He eventually had fifteen chart topping hit singles in the UK as a record producer for Presley.
[3] At the time of his death he was visiting to see his longtime friends, Homer and Jethro, record a live album at Vanderbilt University.