Marvin Hughes

American pianist, songwriter and radio DJ. Born June 15, 1911 in Nashville, Tennessee Died December 2, 1986 Marvin Hughes began working professionally in clubs in Chicago and New York City as a blues soloist. He toured with the bands of Slatz Randall, Ben Pollack and Bob Crosby. He also worked with Snooky Lanson on TV variety series Your Hit Parade. By the mid-1950s, he returned to Nashville and worked for WLAC, before joining the WSM staff band. In 1958, Mr. Hughes replaced Owen Bradley as WSM Radio’s music director. He played piano on studio sessions for such artists as Elvis Presley, Faron Young, Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves. In 1963, he married Kathy Copas, widow of Randy Hughes and daughter of Cowboy Copas. Randy Hughes (unrelated to him) was Patsy Cline’s airplane pilot and died with her in a plane crash just few months before, along with Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins.