Frances Preston, the former president of BMI and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died early Wednesday morning
(June 13) in Nashville of congestive heart failure. She was 83 and surrounded by her family at the time of her death.
Preston
was born on August 27, 1928 in Nashville. In her early career she worked at WSM radio station in Nashville. In 1958, she was
hired to open the Nashville branch of BMI, the performing rights organization that collects and dispenses royalties for songwriters.
Through her efforts, the organization signed countless songwriters and helped Nashville strengthen its music industry.
When
she became vice president of BMI in 1964, she was reportedly the first female corporate executive in Tennessee, according
to the Country Music Hall of Fame’s website. In 1985 she moved to the New York offices. One year later, she became BMI’s president
and
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