NELSON, KEN
(*1911)
NELSON, KEN (b. Kenneth F. N., Caledonia, Minn., January 19, 1911) Nelson is a country producer best remembered for his work with the Capitol label in the 1950s and 1960s. The Nelson family moved to Chicago when Ken was a young boy. At age twelve he became a stockboy at Chicago's Melrose Music Company, working there for five years. He then was an announcer at several Chicago radio stations. He made his reputation not in country but as the chief announcer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra…