Archie Bleyer

Archie Bleyer had a long career in the music business as a bandleader, recording artist, producer, and label owner. He will be principally remembered as the founder of Cadence Records, which had hits in the 1950s and early '60s with Andy Williams, the Chordettes, Johnny Tillotson, Lenny Welch, and Bleyer himself. He'll be most remembered, though, as the man who produced the Everly Brothers in the late '50s, when the duo had most of their biggest and most famous hit singles. Bleyer's roots were in the big-band era. He was leading his own dance band by 1934, which recorded for...