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Stan Kesler, steel player for the Ranch Boys, became a Sun Records recording engineer, wrote five songs that were recorded by Elvis Presley, and produced many bands including Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs.
Apr 15, 2023 · THE SNEARLY RANCH BOYS - were a band that formed around 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee. The band was a launching platform for many of the musicians who contribut...
The Snearly Ranch Boys were a band that formed around 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee. The band was a launching platform for many of the musicians who contributed to the Memphis music scene that revolved around Sam Phillips and Sun Records.
Don Hosea. Born 5.2.1938 in Cape Girardeau (Missouri). Member of the band: "The Snearly Ranch Boys". Friend of Roy Orbison and Stan Kesler (who became his founder in recording industry in 1958 by releasing "Everlasting Love" on his label Crystal Records.
Trumpet player, song writer and record company owner. In the 1950s he was a member of the Snearly Ranch Boys, a West Memphis group that also included steel guitarist Stan Kesler. Taylor and Kesler wrote several songs recorded by Elvis Presley and other Sun label artists.
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He then joined the Snearly Ranch Boys, led by Clyde Leoppard, performing and touring with them, and recorded the single "Split Personality", released on the Flip label, an offshoot of Sun Records, in early 1955, and credited to Bill Taylor (the band's trumpeter) and Smokey Jo .
The song was written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler, members of a Sun Records band called Snearly Ranch Boys. [3]
