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Beale Street in 1974 Beale Street in 2014 Rex Billiard Hall for Colored, Beale Street, 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Beale Street was created in 1841 by entrepreneur and developer Robertson Topp (1807–1876), who soon named it later in the decade for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a military hero from the Mexican–American War.
Beale Street – a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of the blues. Street performers play live music, and bars and clubs feature live entertainment. Graceland – the private residence of Elvis Presley; Memphis Zoo – features exhibits of mammals, birds, fish, and amphibians
He was born on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Known for his jive patter on the air, Williams had 10% of African-Americans in the U.S. listening to his program [ 1 ] and heralded the changing radio style which helped to create " Black appeal radio ", which it turn led to the urban contemporary listening format of Black radio in the 1960s ...
The Rock 'n' Soul Museum and Memphis Music Hall of Fame will have a permanent home on Beale Street. The organization that operates both entities, Rock 'n' Soul Inc., finalized the purchase of a ...
In 2011, the Withers Collection Museum and Gallery was established at 333 Beale St., the site of his last working studio. And on Tuesday, his legacy received a major boost, when the location was ...
The Fairwell is a rock band from Memphis, Tennessee. The band was founded by lead singer and guitarist Zach Myers, a Beale Street based, internationally touring blues artist from age 14. The other band members have changed over the years, with the notable exception of long-time and current guitarist and vocalist Chris Allen, who played and ...
The museum offers a comprehensive Memphis music experience beginning with the rural field hollers and porch music of the sharecroppers in the 30s highlighting the urban influences of Beale Street in the 1940s, radio, Sun Records and Sam Phillips in the 1950s, the heyday of Stax, Hi Records and soul music in the 1960s and 1970s, the impact of the civil rights movement, and the music's influence ...
Live Nation has announced plans for a new concert venue at 431 N. Claybrook St. in Memphis, across from Crosstown Concourse. The 1,300-capacity venue will operate in partnership with Crosstown.