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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.
The Memphis Music Hall of Fame, created as a tribute to the city's wide-ranging role in the fields of blues, gospel, jazz, R&B, country, rockabilly and hip-hop, was launched on November 29, 2012, featuring an induction ceremony for its first 25 honorees at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.
Young Dolph (1985–2021) — rapper (grew up in Memphis) Johnny Dowd (born 1948) — musician; Drumma Boy (born 1983) — hip hop music producer; William B. Dunavant (1932–2021) — businessman, CEO of Dunavant Enterprises; Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941–2012) — musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Andre Turner, a former Memphis basketball star and current assistant coach, was among 10 Memphis Sports Hall of Fame inductees on Wednesday.
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In 2021, a life-size statue of the anti-lynching crusader, journalist and educator was unveiled at Fourth and Beale streets in Memphis. ... Bland was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock ...
On March 28, 2021, the Tigers won their second NIT tournament with a 77–65 win over the #4 seed Mississippi State Bulldogs, finishing their season at 20–8. [22] On June 11, 2021 speculation began to circulate that Penny Hardaway was a candidate for multiple head coaching jobs in the NBA, including his former team the Orlando Magic. [23]
The Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame was a professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the United States Wrestling Association. The induction ceremony for the Class of 1994, the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame, took place at the USWA's "Monday Night Memories", a tribute show, held at the Mid-South Coliseum on March 7, 1994.