Cecil Scaife

American actor, record producer and music promoter. Born: April 13, 1927 in Phillips County, Arkansas Died: March 5, 2009 in Davidson County, Tennessee His early career began at KFFA Radio, in Helena, Arkansas. He was then hired by Sam Phillips (2) as the first National Sales and Promotion Manager for Sun Record Company in Memphis. One of his biggest acts was Elvis Presley although he also worked with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Mann and Charlie Rich. In the early 60’s he moved to Nashville where he opened the third multi-track recording studio in Nashville. He later created one of the first gospel labels in the nation, Songs of Faith Records