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Clark "Rockabilly" Enslin

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CLARK ENSLIN PRESIDENT & CEO

SELF MADE BILLIONAIRE

BIOGRAPHY OF

CLARK ENSLIN

Clark Enslin was born in Little Rock Arkansas and was later raised in Waymart, Pennsylvania. Waymart is as country as one can get, but it is where Mr. Enslin learned his values and integrity.

The Early Years, Car Model Magazine (Click the underline to check the article): At the early age of 13, when he was not exploring the old sawmill, or spending time on his uncle's farm, or playing the guitar, he was building model cars.

One day, Clark's father brought home a Car Model Magazine for the young Clark. And after seeing other people winning money and trophies for their models, Clark took photos of his models and sent them to the magazine, which was located in New Jersey, just to show them what he was doing and how far ahead of the times he was. Clark knew he was much better at building and modifying model cars, than the people that were doing it for a living and making money. The Magazine soon contacted Clark, and after a meeting with Clark Sr., a deal was struck, and the Magazine hired both Clarks: Clark Jr. at the age of 13, as a staff writer, and his dad, Clark Sr. as the company Controller. At the time, Clark Sr. was an out-of-work accountant working as a prison guard. The Magazine soon relocated the entire family to New Jersey. The Magazine featured one of Clark's special projects, which was The Car Model Project, "Super Vette" designed and built by the young Clark Enslin. Mr. Enslin worked as a staff writer until the age of 16 when he joined the Navy. (The rest is history)

1975- 1982 Sam Ash Music: While managing Sam Ash Music in New York, Mr. Enslin became the personal Manager representative to guitar Legend Les Paul. He worked with and managed Les Paul for 25 years, on various entertainment projects such as The Cinemax Television Special titled “He Changed the Music," featuring Les Paul, and guest artists such as Waylon Jennings, Eddie Van Halen, BB King, David Gilmore, The Stray Cats, Carly Simon, and Rita Coolidge. Also, in 1979, Mr. Enslin signed a five-year production deal with CBS Records prior to the latter being sold to Sony Music Entertainment.

During the 1980's, Clark Enslin was one of the most successful members of the "Network", a loose affiliation of nine key independent promoters spearheaded by Fred Disipio, who charged the record industry a collective $60 million a year to ensure radio airplay for songs across the nation.

Independent Promoters are outside contractors who charge record companies as much as $1,000 per song to obtain airplay for new releases in specific radio markets. Most major record companies currently pay Independent Promoters about $5 million a year for such services.

He also worked as a producer on various album projects with Les Paul, such as Willie Nelson and Les Paul, Lucy Clark’s Tribute To Les Paul and others. Mr. Enslin was instrumental in convincing Les Paul to come out of retirement and to be involved in many historic projects such as the Grammy-winning album with Chet Atkins Chester and Lester. Notably, Mr. Enslin remained to be Les Paul's Personal Manager for in excess of 25 years, and during that time also, he developed relationships with other Legends such as Johnny Cash, Sir Paul McCartney, BB King, Barry White, Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Reed, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Wilson Picket, The Rolling Stones, Richie Sambora, Slash, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Rawls, Chuck Berry, Whitney Houston, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bob Dylan, Bono, Steven Tyler and many more. Les Paul's last project took home two Grammy awards. Mr. Enslin and Les Paul, clock-unconscious, spent so much time together for years working in the studio and they remained close friends until Les's death.

In 1991, Mr. Enslin produced his friend, Johnny Cash. The project was recorded Live! at the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, New Jersey and later released by Universal Music Group as "The Great Lost Performance." That same year, Mr. Enslin worked with The Village People and world-famous Reggae artists--Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare --on an album with Max Romeo, featuring guest artists such as Rolling Stone and Keith Richards. He also worked with Bob Marley, Lee Scratch Perry, and Yellow Man.

Mr. Enslin has produced other artists such as Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Bare, Roy Orbison, The Bellamy Brothers, Johnny Paycheck, Johnny Lee, Carl Perkins, Jerry Reed, Freddy Fender, Fats Domino, Leon Russell, Doug Kershaw, Bobby Goldsboro, Commander Cody, Slash, Lenny Kravitz, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, Paul Young, Richie Sambora, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, and many others.

Mr. Enslin also was instrumental in working with Alan Rubens creating a music label for QVC home shopping network call Q Music, and he released a series of 12 CDs and a four-CD box set entitled “Live At Gilley's" which were sold on the QVC network and distributed to retail markets by Atlantic Records. Alan Rubens | Q Music President continued to be on CME's Creative Board of Directors for many years.

Mr. Enslin later created StarStruck Records and sold the company to Recording Artist Reba McEntire (Click underlined link to read the article). The creation of StarStruck Records came about when Mr. Enslin and associate/ friend /former business partner, Daniel Gadarian, along with actor Burt Reynolds, created a luxury leather company called StarStruck Luxury Leathers.

Through their association and close friendship with Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Gadarian and Mr. Enslin have developed a long list of associations, which include the following celebrities in the fields of entertainment, movies and sports: Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, The Judds, Randy Travis, Allen Jackson, Vince Gill, Smokey Robinson, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray, Hulk Hogan, Dan Marino, Wade Boggs, Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Don Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Ann Margaret, Adam West etc. A few of their business associates included the famous Ted Turner, Jerry Jones, Don Tyson, and Mohammad Al Fayed.

Mr. Enslin has opened up his vault of rare and priceless recordings and video footage, to include everything from his archives, in order to create this history-rich and exciting company. Mr. Enslin will oversee the day-to-day operations, as well as create highly valuable and unique products from his archives, in addition to creating new and amazing music and television projects.

Clark Enslin, Producer, Song Writer, Guitarist, Audio Engineer, Independent Promoter, has spent the past 40 + years in the entertainment business and has approximately yielded 136 Gold and Platinum awards for Production, Promotion and the restoration and preservation of historic recordings. Founder and member of the Recorded Music Association of America since 2001, Mr. Enslin has also developed a state-of-the-art Magnetic Tape Restoration process which is far superior to any known process.

Additional Points of Interest:

While serving in the Navy, Mr. Enslin was recruited by WWII Hero Brigadier General Erle Cocke Jr., Admiral Stansfield Turner and the Department of Defense to work as a member of a Special Operations Team, under the direction of General Cocke and Admiral Turner who later recruited Mr. Enslin for the Central Intelligence Agency. He continued to work for the General on an as-needed basis over the years, up until the untimely death of the General in April of 2000, and then for Admiral Turner until his death in 2018.

He currently holds two Diplomatic appointments and fulfills the role of Military Attache & the role of Consul General for a South Pacific Island.

Mr. Enslin now devotes all of his time to his family and his family's commercial development, acquisition, and humanitarian projects. Because creating music and helping artists in their creativity and musicality are in Mr. Enslin's blood, he is presently setting aside time to supporting historic music and video products.

Clark Music & Entertainment Inc., an exciting entertainment company, is positioned to produce historic products, which will include DVD Video products, CD products, downloadable products, television shows, and motion pictures. A colossal project, spearheaded by Mr. Enslin, is underway for the purpose of propelling rock & roll greats back on stage. More details COMING SOON!

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