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Austin Droke, Legendary Owner of Cleveland [1] Kevin Brooks, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, mayor; Anthony Burger, southern gospel pianist, played for the Kingsmen Quartet for several years, pianist for the Gaither Vocal Band and the Gaither Homecoming series; Charles Paul Conn, author and university president
In 1909, the Tennessee Central Railroad would construct the Cookeville Depot in the city's West Side District, providing passenger rail service until 1955. [19] In 1909, local religious leaders with the aid of the Tennessee state government would establish the University of Dixie, a private university deeded to the community.
Memphis blues is a regional style created by area musicians such as Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis, Memphis Minnie, and Memphis Jug Band [12] in the 1910s-1930s, with stylistic origins in Country blues and Delta blues. [13] Memphis was a center of blues music for much of the 20th century.
Western end of US 11 concurrency; northern terminus of unsigned SR 38: 330.7: 532.2: SR 318 south (Old Wauhatchie Pike) – Lookout Mountain: Northern terminus of SR 318: 331.8: 534.0: SR 148 south (Lookout Mountain Parkway) – Lookout Mountain: Northern terminus of SR 148: Chattanooga: 332.7: 535.4: SR 17 south (Tennessee Avenue) to SR 58 ...
Carl Milton Smith (March 15, 1927 – January 16, 2010) was an American country singer. [1][2][3] Known as "Mister Country", he was one of the genre's most successful male artists during the 1950s, scoring 30 top-10 Billboard hits (21 of which were consecutive). Smith's success continued well into the 1970s, when he had a charting single every ...
Starship Troopers is a science-fiction action film released on November 7, 1997. Directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, it is based on the 1959 novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (pictured). The story follows teenager Johnny Rico and his comrades as they serve in a 23rd-century interstellar war against aliens ...
Southern Avenue is an American five- to six-member blues and soul blues band from Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Formed in 2015, they took their name from a street in Memphis running from the easternmost part of the city limits to "Soulsville", which was the original home of Stax Records. [4][5] Rock 103 described them as "the most talked ...
Tennessee. Tennessee (/ ˌtɛnɪˈsiː / ⓘ TEN-iss-EE, locally / ˈtɛnɪsi / TEN-iss-ee), [8][9][10] officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south ...