Sherman Brooks Halsey[2] (February 22, 1957 – October 29, 2013) was an American music video and television director, producer, and artist manager. Sherman Halsey produced and directed hundreds of television shows and music videos for artists such as Tim McGraw, Brooks and Dunn, Alan Jackson, BB King, Michael Bolton and Dwight Yoakam.
After college, Halsey split his time between the Agency, Management and Record Company division headquartered in Tulsa, and their Beverly Hills office where he and Dick Howard developed the television production arm of the Jim Halsey Company. As vice chairman of the Jim Halsey Company, the largest agency in country music in the world at that time, he was involved in all aspects of the artists' careers. The Jim Halsey Company represented 47 of country music's top stars, Roy Clark, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Bellamy Brothers, The Judds, Waylon Jennings, Reba McEntire, Merle Haggard, Roy Orbison and many others. Halsey was vice chairman of the Jim Halsey Company from 1980 to 1990 when the Halseys sold the Agency division to William Morris. The Halseys maintained ownership of the Management and Production divisions of the Company.[3][better source needed]
Halsey discovered and managed an unknown Dwight Yoakam. Drawing upon his directing talent, Halsey combined his management and marketing skills to design and implement a plan which would develop Yoakam’s career through the newly emerging video market. As Yoakam’s manager, he produced and directed numerous music videos for Yoakam including one of the first big budget music videos, “Honky Tonk Man”. Halsey also worked as manager of the group The Clark Family Experience.[4] He discovered them after seeing a videotape of one of their performances, but with no contact information on the tape, it took him six months to find them. He asked them if they wanted to open for Tim McGraw, and got them signed to Curb Records, within a few weeks of meeting them.[5][6]
Halsey became a prolific music video director, especially for Tim McGraw. Regarding their work together, McGraw said in an interview, ""Sherman has documented pretty much everything and almost all the videos I've done."[7] McGraw delayed plans for a television network special, eventually titled, Tim McGraw: Sing Me Home, until he could be assured that Halsey would direct the special.[8]
Personal lifeEdit
Sherman Halsey was the son of artist manager, agent, and impresario Jim Halsey.
DeathEdit
Halsey died on October 29, 2013 at his Nashville home. He was 56.[9][10] Funeral services for Halsey were conducted November 5, 2013 at Memorial Hall, Independence, Kansas and were attended by approximately 400 people as well as family. Roy Clark, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Tim McGraw attended the services. Jana Jae played a violin farewell and Leon Russell sent a videotape tribute. A eulogy was delivered by his father, Jim Halsey and another was delivered by his sister, Gina.[2]
^. Obituaries. Webb Family Funeral Service. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
^ abSmith, Allen. "Halsey's life, career fondly remembered". Independence (Kansas) Daily Reporter. p. 1.
^Gordon, Marty (January 15, 1990). "The William Morris Agency and Jim Halsey to Create World's Premiere County Music Agency", Business Wire.
^Stark, Phyllis (December 7, 2002). "Nashville scene: Next chapter for the Clarks", Billboard114 (49): 62.
^Berrier, Ralph Jr. (August 30, 2001). "Brothers on the brink", The Roanoke Times.
^Marks, Rusty (July 19, 2001). "All in family for six singing brothers", The Charleston Gazette, p. D1.
^Hay, Carla (November 2, 2002). "Tim can go Home again", Billboard114 (44): 71.
^Price, Deborah Evans (November 23, 2002). "Going against the grain, McGraw fulfills his vision", Billboard114 (47): 1–2.
^Shelburne, Craig (October 30, 2013). "Sherman Halsey, Video Director and Producer, Dies". CMT News. Country Music Television website. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
^Smith, Allen. "Country music producer Sherman Halsey, local native, dead at age 56". Independence (Kansas) Daily Reporter. p. 1.
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Sherman Brooks Halsey 2 February 22 1957 October 29 2013 was an American music video and television director producer and artist manager Sherman Halsey produced and directed hundreds of television shows and music videos for artists such as Tim McGraw Brooks and Dunn Alan Jackson BB King Michael Bolton and Dwight Yoakam Sherman HalseyBorn 1957 02 22 February 22 1957 1 Independence Kansas U S DiedOctober 29 2013 2013 10 29 aged 56 Nashville Tennessee U S Occupation s Director producer artist managerParentJim Halsey father Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Death 4 Filmography 4 1 Television shows 11 4 2 Music videos directed 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditAfter college Halsey split his time between the Agency Management and Record Company division headquartered in Tulsa and their Beverly Hills office where he and Dick Howard developed the television production arm of the Jim Halsey Company As vice chairman of the Jim Halsey Company the largest agency in country music in the world at that time he was involved in all aspects of the artists careers The Jim Halsey Company represented 47 of country music s top stars Roy Clark The Oak Ridge Boys The Bellamy Brothers The Judds Waylon Jennings Reba McEntire Merle Haggard Roy Orbison and many others Halsey was vice chairman of the Jim Halsey Company from 1980 to 1990 when the Halseys sold the Agency division to William Morris The Halseys maintained ownership of the Management and Production divisions of the Company 3 better source needed Halsey discovered and managed an unknown Dwight Yoakam Drawing upon his directing talent Halsey combined his management and marketing skills to design and implement a plan which would develop Yoakam s career through the newly emerging video market As Yoakam s manager he produced and directed numerous music videos for Yoakam including one of the first big budget music videos Honky Tonk Man Halsey also worked as manager of the group The Clark Family Experience 4 He discovered them after seeing a videotape of one of their performances but with no contact information on the tape it took him six months to find them He asked them if they wanted to open for Tim McGraw and got them signed to Curb Records within a few weeks of meeting them 5 6 Halsey became a prolific music video director especially for Tim McGraw Regarding their work together McGraw said in an interview Sherman has documented pretty much everything and almost all the videos I ve done 7 McGraw delayed plans for a television network special eventually titled Tim McGraw Sing Me Home until he could be assured that Halsey would direct the special 8 Personal life EditSherman Halsey was the son of artist manager agent and impresario Jim Halsey Death EditHalsey died on October 29 2013 at his Nashville home He was 56 9 10 Funeral services for Halsey were conducted November 5 2013 at Memorial Hall Independence Kansas and were attended by approximately 400 people as well as family Roy Clark The Oak Ridge Boys and Tim McGraw attended the services Jana Jae played a violin farewell and Leon Russell sent a videotape tribute A eulogy was delivered by his father Jim Halsey and another was delivered by his sister Gina 2 Filmography EditTelevision shows 11 Edit Season Title Involvement Network1982 1983 Country Music USA Associate Producer HBO Entertainment1987 1988 Country Music A New Tradition DirectorProducer Cinemax1997 1999 The Oak Ridge Boys From Las Vegas CreatorProducerExecutive Producer The Nashville Network TNN 2002 2003 Tim McGraw Sing Me Home DirectorProducer NBC Entertainment Primetime Special2004 2005 Tim McGraw Here and Now DirectorCo Producer NBC Entertainment Primetime Special2005 2006 Tim McGraw Reflected DirectorProducer NBC Entertainment Primetime SpecialMusic videos directed Edit 80 music videos are currently listed here Year Video Artist1982 So Fine The Oak Ridge Boys1984 The Chicken in Black Johnny Cash1985 Centerfield John Fogerty1986 Honky Tonk Man 12 Dwight Yoakam Guitars Cadillacs 13 Heartbeat in the Darkness Don Williams1987 Little Sister Dwight Yoakam La Bamba 14 Los Lobos Rose in Paradise Waylon Jennings1988 Always Late with Your Kisses 15 Dwight Yoakam Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight J C Crowley1989 Fool s Paradise Larry Boone1991 Drift Off to Dream 16 Travis Tritt Back to the Well Tom Wopat Adios Mexico 17 Texas Tornados It s Chitlin Time The Kentucky Headhunters1992 No Man s Land Leon Russell Anything Can Happen The Letter Wayne Newton Too Much 18 Pirates of the Mississippi Going Out of My Mind 19 McBride amp the Ride This Broken Heart 20 The Mavericks Watch Me 21 Lorrie Morgan I Want You Bad And That Ain t Good 22 Collin Raye1993 Hard Workin Man 23 Brooks amp Dunn I Guess You Had to Be There 24 Lorrie Morgan Blame It on Your Heart 25 Patty Loveless Reno 26 Doug Supernaw Half Enough 27 Lorrie Morgan I Fell in the Water 28 John Anderson That Was a River 29 Collin Raye Were You Really Livin 30 Brother Phelps I Don t Call Him Daddy 31 Doug Supernaw1994 Indian Outlaw 32 Tim McGraw Little Rock 33 Collin Raye Tonight We Just Might Fall in Love Again 34 Hal Ketchum Mammas Don t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys 35 Gibson Miller Band Don t Take the Girl 36 Tim McGraw State Fair 37 Doug Supernaw Down on the Farm 38 Tim McGraw High Hopes and Empty Pockets 39 McBride amp the Ride Not a Moment Too Soon 40 Tim McGraw1995 Gonna Get a Life 41 Mark Chesnutt Little Miss Honky Tonk 42 Brooks amp Dunn Refried Dreams 43 Tim McGraw I Like It I Love It 44 Trouble 45 Mark Chesnutt Tall Tall Trees 46 Alan Jackson Can t Be Really Gone 47 Tim McGraw1996 All I Want Is a Life Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It 48 1997 It s Your Love 49 Tim McGraw with Faith Hill Honky Tonk Truth 50 Brooks amp Dunn Everywhere 51 Tim McGraw1998 One of These Days 52 1999 Don t Make Me Beg 53 Steve Holy2000 Blue Moon 54 Meanwhile Back at the Ranch with Deaton Flanigen The Clark Family Experience2001 Angel Boy 55 Tim McGraw2002 The Cowboy in Me 56 She s My Kind of Rain 57 The Most Inconvenient Christmas The Oak Ridge Boys Winter Wonderland 2003 Real Good Man The Ride 58 Tim McGraw2004 Live Like You Were Dying 59 Someplace Green The Oak Ridge Boys2005 Drugs or Jesus 60 Tim McGraw2006 When the Stars Go Blue 61 My Little Girl with Michael Mayer 62 2007 Last Dollar Fly Away 63 I Need You 64 Tim McGraw with Faith Hill2008 Suspicions Tim McGraw Nine Lives 65 Def Leppard with Tim McGraw2009 Southern Voice 66 Tim McGraw2010 Still 67 Still live 68 2011 What cha Gonna Do 69 The Oak Ridge Boys2012 One of Those Nights 70 Tim McGraw2013 Shoot Straight 71 Michaelis Kiss You There 72 Ronnie DunnReferences Edit Sherman Halsey 1957 2013 Obituaries Webb Family Funeral Service Archived from the original on 16 November 2012 Retrieved 31 October 2013 a b Smith Allen Halsey s life career fondly remembered Independence Kansas Daily Reporter p 1 Gordon Marty January 15 1990 The William Morris Agency and Jim Halsey to Create World s Premiere County Music Agency Business Wire Stark Phyllis December 7 2002 Nashville scene Next chapter for the Clarks Billboard 114 49 62 Berrier Ralph Jr August 30 2001 Brothers on the brink The Roanoke Times Marks Rusty July 19 2001 All in family for six singing brothers The Charleston Gazette p D1 Hay Carla November 2 2002 Tim can go Home again Billboard 114 44 71 Price Deborah Evans November 23 2002 Going against the grain McGraw fulfills his vision Billboard 114 47 1 2 Shelburne Craig October 30 2013 Sherman Halsey Video Director and Producer Dies CMT News Country Music Television website Retrieved 31 October 2013 Smith Allen Country music producer Sherman Halsey local native dead at age 56 Independence Kansas Daily Reporter p 1 Sherman Halsey Baseline TV Filmography permanent dead link CMT Videos Dwight Yoakam Honky Tonk Man Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Dwight Yoakam Guitars Cadillacs Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Los Lobos Pop Up Video Los Lobos La Bamba Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Dwight Yoakam Always Late With Your Kisses Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Travis Tritt Drift off to Dream Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos The Texas Tornados Adios Mexico Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Pirates of the Mississippi Too Much Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos McBride amp the Ride Going Out Of My Mind Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos The Mavericks This Broken Heart Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Lorrie Morgan Watch Me Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Collin Raye I Want You Bad And That Ain t Good Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Brooks amp Dunn Hard Workin Man Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Lorrie Morgan I Guess You Had To Be There Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Patty Loveless Blame It On Your Heart Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Doug Supernaw Reno Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Lorrie Morgan Half Enough Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos John Anderson I Fell In The Water Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Collin Raye That Was A River Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Brother Phelps Were You Really Livin Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Doug Supernaw I Don t Call Him Daddy Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Indian Outlaw Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Collin Raye Little Rock Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Hal Ketchum Tonight We Just Might Fall In Love Again Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Gibson Miller Band Mammas Don t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Don t Take the Girl Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Doug Supernaw State Fair Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Down On the Farm Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos McBride amp the Ride High Hopes And Empty Pockets Country Music Television Retrieved March 25 2013 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Not A Moment Too Soon Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Mark Chesnutt Gonna Get A Life Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Brooks amp Dunn Little Miss Honky Tonk Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Refried Dreams Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw I Like It I Love It Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Mark Chesnutt Trouble Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Alan Jackson Tall Tall Trees Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Can t Be Really Gone Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw It s Your Love Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Brooks amp Dunn Honky Tonk Truth Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Everywhere Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw One Of These Days Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Steve Holy Don t Make Me Beg Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Steve Holy Blue Moon Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Angel Boy Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw The Cowboy in Me Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw She s My Kind of Rain Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Real Good Man Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Drugs or Jesus Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw When the Stars Go Blue Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw My Little Girl Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Last Dollar Fly Away Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw I Need You featuring Faith Hill Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Def Leppard Nine Lives Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Southern Voice Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Still Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos Tim McGraw Still Live Country Music Television Retrieved November 9 2011 CMT Videos The Oak Ridge Boys What cha Gonna Do Country Music Television Retrieved November 20 2011 Tim McGraw One Of Those Nights Video Dailymotion Dailymotion Archived from the original on December 20 2012 Retrieved December 18 2012 CMT Videos Michaelis Shoot Straight Country Music Television Retrieved September 7 2013 CMT Videos Ronnie Dunn Kiss You There Country Music Television Retrieved November 22 2013 External links EditOfficial website Sherman Halsey at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sherman Halsey amp oldid 1165186397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
