Whitey Ford | Russ Shafer-Landau | Whitey Herzog | Whitey Bulger | James "Whitey" Bulger | Jack Shafer | Whitey Wistert | Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | Whitey Lockman | Whitey Kirst | Whitey Ford Sings the Blues | Steven Shafer | Rob "Whitey" McConnaughy | Robert L. Shafer | John Adolph Shafer | James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. | Dirk Shafer | David Shafer | Celena Shafer |
Lefty Frizzell, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, Roy Orbison, Don Gibson, The Everly Brothers, Mickey Newbury, Dallas Frazier, and Whitey Shafer were some of the significant songwriters signed exclusively to Acuff-Rose in the '50's, '60's and early '70's.
He found legendary Nashville songwriters such as Whitey Shafer, Dean Dillon and Paul Overstreet to be very influential in his songwriting and went on to co-write with all three while living in Nashville, TN.