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The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.
In 1948, Williams became the first African-American disc jockey in Memphis when he went on air for WDIA-AM. He is in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame; [3] and in 2017 was inducted into the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. There is a historical marker outside the former site of the Palace theatre on ...
The Blues Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, that is affiliated with more than 175 blues organizations from various parts of the world. Founded in 1980, a 25-person board of directors governs the foundation whose stated mission is to preserve blues heritage, celebrate blues recording and ...
Memphis Music Hall of Fame Class of 2024 inductee Jazze Pha, right, performs with Hall of Famers, left and center, 8Ball & MJG during the induction ceremony on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at the ...
Memphis Music Hall of Fame will induct 9 new members from soul singers to opera stars, garage rock bands to hip-hop producers. Here's what's planned. Memphis Music Hall of Fame: A guide to the ...
Attendees watch as Spooner Oldham and the other 2024 inductees to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame are named during a press event inside the former Hard Rock Cafe, which is set to become the site of ...
Bell Tower (located just south of Memphis College of Arts): a 1930 memorial to Judge L. B. McFarland, one of the original members of the Memphis Park Commission. E.H. Crump Statue (located at southeastern park entrance; built 1957): Crump was Memphis Mayor from 1910 through 1915 and U.S. Representative in 1930.
Porter was the ninth of 12 children born to James and Corean Porter in Memphis, his second oldest brother was COGIC Bishop W. L. Porter (1925–2009). Porter's career began in music after singing in church, school, Memphis venues and competitions, often with close friend and classmate Maurice White, who later founded Earth, Wind and Fire. [9]