Jim Halsey - Co-creator of the Billboard Song Contest

JIM HALSEY
Awards, Achievements & Citations

2006 - Jim is recipient of the 2006 IFCO Tex Ritter Award.

2005 - Impresario of the Year - Kansas Federation of News

2000 - Inducted - Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame

1999 - Medal of Honor - Cherokee Honor Society. Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

1998 - Governor's Award in Arts & Education - Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating. Oklahoma City, OK

1997 - Lifetime Achievement Award - International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA). Nashville, Tennessee

1992 - Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, honoris causa, Baker University. Baldwin City, Kansas

1990 - Merged Jim Halsey Co. booking division with the William Morris Agency

1989 - Medallion - Committee for Artists - Deutsche Democratic Republic

1989 - Medallion - Festival of Bregenz - Bregenz, Austria

1989 - Citation - Kumamoto Prefectural Government; Japan Mokihiro Hosokawa, Governor

1988 - Distinguished Service Award - International Theatrical Agents Association

1987 - Billboard Magazine "Salutes" The Jim Halsey Company with a special 52 page supplement on the Halsey Company

1987 - The Frederic Chopin Medal presented by PAGART (The Polish Artists Bureau) for his continuous efforts toward peace through world music festivals

1986 - Governor's Medal of Merit from the Kansas Commission for the 125th Anniversary 

1986 - Commendation for Outstanding Leadership in Promoting World Peace and Harmony Through the Medium of Visual and Performing Arts from the Mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley

1985 - Founding President's Award from the Country Music Association

1984 - International Federation of Festival Organizations (FIDOF) Diploma as promoter of the Neewollah Festival for Promoting Peace and Friendship through Music and Art

1982 - Distinguished Leadership Award given by Baker University in Baldwin City, KS

1982 - The Hubert Long Award at the Wembley International Festival in London, England

1982 - Named one of Esquire Magazine's Country Music Heavy 100

1982 - The FIDOF Oscar, presented in Cannes, France during the world wide MIDEM convention by the International Federation of Festival Organizations (FIDOF), Augusto Alguero, Spain, President

1982 - Recipient of citation at the Golden Orpheus Festival in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

1981-85 - Member, Kansas Film Commission (through 1985)

1980 - Recipient of International Ambassador of Country Music Award for SESAC

1980 - Recipient of Outstanding Artistic Achievement in Booking Award from Cashbox Magazine

1980 - Recipient of Distinguished Kansan Award from Topeka Capitol - Journal editorial board

1978 - Recipient of the Cashbox Magazine "Manager of The Year" Award

1978 - Recipient of the International Ambassador of Country Music Award for SESAC

1977 - Recipient of the Jim Reeves Memorial Award by the Academy of Country Music

1958 - Co-Founded the New Neewollah Festival. Independence, Kansas (to become Kansas' largest annual festival)

1957 - Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Independence, Kansas