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Sylvia and I first met in the late 1970s when she was a secretary at Pi-Gem, my music publishing company that I later sold to Lawrence Welk. I had originally started the company with Jack Johnson, my manager during the early years of my career. And so Pi-Gem had been named after my astrological sign, which is Pisces and his astrological sign which was Gemini. Tom Collins, who ran Pi-Gem for me, also produced records for Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap and few others. Tom recognized Sylvia's tale