Stan Kesler
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Stanley Augustus Kesler (August 11, 1928 – October 26, 2020) was an American guitarist, record producer and songwriter. His career began at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born in Abbeville, Mississippi.
He co-wrote several of Elvis Presley's early recordings including "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" and "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", and played guitar and bass on hit records by Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. As a producer, his successful records included "Wooly Bully".
Kesler died on October 26, 2020 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee from bone cancer, aged 92.[1]
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- 1928 births
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- Deaths from bone cancer
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- Writers from Mississippi
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- Businesspeople from Mississippi
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