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Mayhew, Aubrey was born on October 2, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Aubrey and Verna June (Hall) Mayhew.
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Mayhew, Aubrey was born on October 2, 1927 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Aubrey and Verna June (Hall) Mayhew.
Student, Wilson Teachers College, 1948.
He was the sole owner of Amcorp Music Group in Nashville, Tennessee. Born in Washington, District of Columbia to Aubrey and Verna Mayhew, he served in the United States Army in World World War World War II
In 1946, he became the booker & then the director of the country music radio program "Hayloft Jamboree" on WCOP (now WWDJ) in Boston, Massachucetts. In the early 1960s he began working at Pickwick Records in New York City.
At Pickwick, he produced one of the first memorial recordings of President John F. Kennedy after the President"s death in 1963.
He left Pickwick to start his own record label, Little Darlin", in 1966. The most successful Little Darlin" records were done by the country & western singer and songwriter Johnny Paycheck.
Mayhew co-wrote some of Paycheck"s songs. At the end of the 1960s, he suspended the Little Darlin" label & launched a new label, Certron.
The best known Certron release is the 1970 single "Burning Bridges" by Clint Eastwood.
The label was also home to recording star Ronnie Dove, who was transferred to the label when his label Diamond Records was sold. While he recorded many songs for Certron, only one was ever released (on a "Greatest Hits" LP.
In 1966, his book "The World"s Tribute to John F. Kennedy in Medallic Art" was published by William Morrow and Company. In 1970 he became widely known outside of the music business, and as a Kennedy collector, when he purchased at auction the infamous 7-story warehouse building that had housed the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas.
He has three sons, Lawrence, Michael, & Parris, & a daughter, Casey.
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Served to corporal United States Army Signal Corps, 1945-1948. Member Country Music Association, Broadcast Music Inc., Manuscript Society, New York Numismatic Society, Gospel Music Association.
Married Carol de Onis, May 10, 1962 (divorced 1971). Children: Lawrence Aubrey, Michael Aubrey, Parris Mitchell, Casey Aran.