His Steel Guitar Hall of Fame plaque reads:

POP RADIO AND TELEVISION’S MARQUEE PLAYER DURING THE 50’S. AS A STAFF MUSICIAN AT CBS HE RECORDED AND PERFORMED WITH ALL THE ARTISTS AND THE MAJOR SHOWMEN OF NEW YORK’S “GREAT WHITE WAY”. WITH GODFREY, COMO, GLEASON, BERLE, GRIFFIN, SULLIVAN AND A HOST OF OTHERS. HIS RECORDING AND PERFORMING BROUGHT THE STEEL NATIONAL RECOGNITION DURING TV’S INFANCY.

BORN: APRIL 19, 1929 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
INDUCTED: 2004