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Lesley "Esley" Riddle (June 13, 1905 [1] – July 13, 1979) [2] was an African American musician whose influence on the Carter Family helped to shape country music. [3] Riddle was born in Burnsville, North Carolina, United States. [1] He grew up with his paternal grandparents near Kingsport, Tennessee, not far from the Virginia border.
Current Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Burley Mitchell: Grad. Law: Former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Bartholomew F. Moore: 1820 Former North Carolina Attorney General Dan K. Moore: 1927 / Grad. Law: Former governor of North Carolina, former justice of N.C. Supreme Court Paul Martin Newby: Grad. Law
Trent is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States, that was established in 1881. The population was 295 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Abilene, ...
Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, its population was 55,442. [6] Lying along the Holston River, Kingsport is commonly included in what is known as the Mountain Empire, which spans a portion of southwest Virginia and the mountainous counties in northeastern Tennessee.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Kingsport, Tennessee. Pages in category "People from Kingsport, Tennessee" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total.
June Carter Cash – country singer-songwriter, wife of Johnny Cash, and member of the A.P. Carter Family; Desmond Child – hit rock/pop songwriter for Cher, Kiss, Aerosmith, Ricky Martin, Bonnie Tyler, Bon Jovi, and others; Cimorelli – YouTube girl group, originally from El Dorado Hills, California; The Civil Wars – folk/Americana duo
A.P., Sara and A.P.'s sister-in-law, Maybelle Carter formed the Carter Family in 1927. Route 614 is now called the A.P. Carter Highway and two of A.P. and Sara's children, Joe (died 2005) and Jeanette (died 2006), opened a music hall called The Carter Fold on the Clinch Mountain side of the road.
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 2000s.