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Virginia Eliza Clemm was born in 1822 [1] and named after an older sister who had died at age two [2] only ten days earlier. [3] Her father William Clemm, Jr. was a hardware merchant in Baltimore. [4] He had married Maria Poe, Virginia's mother, on July 12, 1817, [5] after the death of his first wife, Maria's first cousin Harriet. [6]
William Bedford (born 1963) — basketball player; Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960) — concert organist, teacher, and church musician; Chris Bell (1951–1978) — musician; William Bell (born 1939) — singer; Charles T. Bernard (1927–2015) — businessman and Arkansas politician, died in Memphis in 2015; Big Scarr (2000-2022) — rapper
The Ovations then split up. In 1971 Williams formed a new version of the group, with singers Rochester Neal, Bill Davis, and Quincy Billops Jr., formerly of The Nightingales. [3] They then recorded for the Sounds of Memphis label, an offshoot of MGM Records, and had a no.19 hit in 1972 with "Touching Me", produced by Dan Greer. In late 1973 ...
Mitchell's productions have been much noted for featuring a hard-hitting bass drum sound (usually played by pioneering Memphis drummer Al Jackson, Jr. of Booker T. & the M.G.'s). A trumpeter and bandleader in his own right, Mitchell released a number of popular singles for Hi Records as an artist in the 1960s, including "Soul Serenade."
Shade was born in February 1893 in Memphis, Tennessee, to William Shade and Mary (née Brimmer). [1] Mary was fourteen years old when he was born. After her husband's death from a gunshot wound in 1903, she married a member of the Banks family, but by 1920 she was a widow once again. Shade had two half brothers, Henry Banks and Robert Banks.
People from Memphis, Tennessee, by occupation (15 C) Pages in category "People from Memphis, Tennessee" The following 180 pages are in this category, out of 180 total.
The family of Ramon McGhee, a man who sources told The Commercial Appeal was malnourished and covered in bed bug bites and feces when he died at the Shelby County Jail in early January, has ...
He arranged for the group to perform on the radio, a performance which was eventually brought to the attention of Sam Phillips of Sun Records. He arranged for the group to be transported under armed guard to Memphis to record. [4] A few weeks later, "Just Walkin' in the Rain" was released and eventually sold 250,000 copies. [1]