Saul Holiff (original) (raw)
Saul Holiff (June 22, 1925 - March 17, 2005) was a Canadian music promoter and Johnny Cash's manager for thirteen years. Saul Holiff was born in London, Ontario on June 22, 1925. He dropped out of high school, the London Central Collegiate Institute, when he was fifteen, delivered newspapers, ran a fruit and vegetable business, worked as a truck driver, a puddler at the Steel Company of Canada, a traveling salesman and a self-employed clothing merchant. During World War II he trained as a rear air gunner in the Royal Canadian Air Force. In the 1950s he performed at London's Grand Theatre in a variety of roles before becoming a concert promoter and manager with offices in London, Los Angeles and Nashville.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Saul Holiff (June 22, 1925 - March 17, 2005) was a Canadian music promoter and Johnny Cash's manager for thirteen years. Saul Holiff was born in London, Ontario on June 22, 1925. He dropped out of high school, the London Central Collegiate Institute, when he was fifteen, delivered newspapers, ran a fruit and vegetable business, worked as a truck driver, a puddler at the Steel Company of Canada, a traveling salesman and a self-employed clothing merchant. During World War II he trained as a rear air gunner in the Royal Canadian Air Force. In the 1950s he performed at London's Grand Theatre in a variety of roles before becoming a concert promoter and manager with offices in London, Los Angeles and Nashville. He promoted such acts as Bill Haley and the Comets, Paul Anka and Johnny Cash through smaller venues such as his own restaurant, Sol’s Square Boy. Holiff managed Johnny Cash’s career from 1960 to 1973. He also managed Tommy Hunter, Debbie Lori Kaye and The Statler Brothers. In 1961 Holiff was responsible for introducing singer June Carter into Cash’s act. In 1970 Holiff won a Gold Leaf Award for 'Canadian Industry Music Industry Man of the Year', the Gold Leaf Awards were the precursor to the Juno Awards. Cash and Holiff had a tumultuous relationship, which is highlighted in the 2012 film, My Father and the Man in Black, an award winning documentary created by Holiff's son Jonathan. Holiff negotiated a $75,000 settlement agreement with Gordon Jenkins because of the similarity of Cash’s hit Folsom Prison Blues to a Jenkins song. https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/07/07/saul-holiff-johnny-cash-and-making-american-icon After he quit as Cash's manager in 1973 he retired from show business and enrolled at the University of Victoria, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in history. Holiff committed suicide on March 17, 2005 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. In 2018 he was awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award at the Jack Richardson London Music Awards. (en) |
| dbo:activeYearsEndYear | 1973-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:activeYearsStartYear | 1950-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:almaMater | dbr:London_Central_Secondary_School |
| dbo:award | dbr:Juno_Award |
| dbo:birthDate | 1925-06-22 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:birthPlace | dbr:London,_Ontario |
| dbo:birthYear | 1925-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:deathDate | 2005-03-17 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:deathPlace | dbr:Nanaimo dbr:British_Columbia |
| dbo:deathYear | 2005-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:occupation | dbr:Saul_Holiff__PersonFunction__1 |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/07/07/saul-holiff-johnny-cash-and-making-american-icon http://johnny-and-saul.com/ |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 66418050 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 5218 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1012563686 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbc:Canadian_music_managers dbr:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force dbc:Juno_Award_winners dbr:Johnny_Cash dbr:Paul_Anka dbr:University_of_Victoria dbc:1925_births dbc:2005_deaths dbr:Gordon_Jenkins dbr:Grand_Theatre_(London,_Ontario) dbr:Nanaimo dbr:The_Statler_Brothers dbr:My_Father_and_the_Man_in_Black dbr:London,_Ontario dbr:London_Central_Secondary_School dbr:British_Columbia dbr:Tommy_Hunter dbc:People_from_London,_Ontario dbr:Gold_Leaf_Awards_of_1970 dbr:Jack_Richardson_(record_producer) dbr:June_Carter_Cash dbr:Juno_Award dbr:Nashville dbr:World_War_II dbr:Dundurn_Group dbr:Steel_Company_of_Canada dbr:Bill_Haley_and_the_Comets |
| dbp:almaMater | dbr:London_Central_Secondary_School |
| dbp:awards | Gold Leaf Award - 'Canadian Industry Music Industry Man of the Year' (en) |
| dbp:birthDate | 1925-06-22 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:birthPlace | dbr:London,_Ontario |
| dbp:children | Jonathan, Joshua (en) |
| dbp:deathDate | 2005-03-17 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:deathPlace | dbr:Nanaimo dbr:British_Columbia |
| dbp:name | Saul Holiff (en) |
| dbp:nationality | Canadian (en) |
| dbp:occupation | music manager (en) |
| dbp:spouse | Barbara Jean Robinson (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Birth_date dbt:Cite_book dbt:Infobox_person dbt:Johnny_Cash dbt:Reflist dbt:Death_date_and_age |
| dbp:yearsActive | 1950.0 |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:Canadian_music_managers dbc:Juno_Award_winners dbc:1925_births dbc:2005_deaths dbc:People_from_London,_Ontario |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing foaf:Person dbo:Person dul:NaturalPerson wikidata:Q19088 wikidata:Q215627 wikidata:Q5 wikidata:Q729 dbo:Animal dbo:Eukaryote dbo:Species schema:Person |
| rdfs:comment | Saul Holiff (June 22, 1925 - March 17, 2005) was a Canadian music promoter and Johnny Cash's manager for thirteen years. Saul Holiff was born in London, Ontario on June 22, 1925. He dropped out of high school, the London Central Collegiate Institute, when he was fifteen, delivered newspapers, ran a fruit and vegetable business, worked as a truck driver, a puddler at the Steel Company of Canada, a traveling salesman and a self-employed clothing merchant. During World War II he trained as a rear air gunner in the Royal Canadian Air Force. In the 1950s he performed at London's Grand Theatre in a variety of roles before becoming a concert promoter and manager with offices in London, Los Angeles and Nashville. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Saul Holiff (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Saul Holiff https://global.dbpedia.org/id/FZFHC |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Saul_Holiff?oldid=1012563686&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Saul_Holiff |
| foaf:name | Saul Holiff (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Johnny_Cash dbr:My_Father_and_the_Man_in_Black dbr:London,_Ontario dbr:Gold_Leaf_Awards_of_1970 |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Saul_Holiff |