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"Walking in Memphis" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, for whom it remains his signature song. [3] It received a Song of the Year nomination at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards in 1992, the same year that the 32-year-old Cohn won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist .
Marc Craig Cohn (/ k oʊ n /; [2] born July 5, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song "Walking in Memphis", from his 1991 album Marc Cohn, which was a Top 40 hit.
Phonk took inspiration from trap roots in the Southern United States in the mid-1990s. [1] Artists or musical groups like DJ Screw, X-Raided, DJ Spanish Fly, [2] DJ Squeeky, [3] and the collective Three 6 Mafia all helped pioneer the foundations for the genre to emerge many years later, with the Houston chopped and screwed seen as the precursor to the genre. [1]
In the 1980s, [3] the Bovan Crime Family created a dance in Memphis, Tennessee known as the Bovan Walk, from which Gangsta Walking later derived. [4] Prior to its growth in local popularity when the song "Gangsta Walk" debuted, Gangsta Walking was frequently done when songs, such as Triggaman, were played by DJ Spanish Fly at Club Expo and Club No Name.
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"Memphis, Tennessee", sometimes shortened to "Memphis", is a song by Chuck Berry, first released in 1959. In the UK, the song charted at number 6 in 1963; at the same time Decca Records issued a cover version in the UK by Dave Berry and the Cruisers , which also became a UK Top 20 hit single.
Marc Cohn is the debut studio album released in 1991 by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn. [4] The album peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 Chart. [5] It was RIAA certified gold in 1992 and was certified platinum in 1996. [6]
Hearts in Armor is the second studio album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood.It was released on September 1, 1992, by MCA Nashville.. Four of its tracks found spots in the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1992 and 1993: "Wrong Side of Memphis" rose to No. 5, "Walkaway Joe" to No. 2, "You Say You Will" to No. 12, and "Down on My Knees" to No. 19.