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A participant takes part in the Starry Hoops Madness 3-point contest on Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, March 23, 2024. ... Alfred’s and Blues City Café have been in business for ...
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.
Rum Boogie Café is a night club on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is one of the main venues for the International Blues Challenge and is the favored performance location of singer James Govan. [1] [2] It was named "Blues Club of the Year" by the Blues Foundation in 2007. [3] [4]
The building, which cost $100,000 to construct, [3] was located at 500 Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The Hippodrome was operated by John T. Miles, a Black college graduate, and he had a staff that included two skating instructors. [3] By 1952, the venue had become a hotspot to showcase local and national blues and R&B musical acts.
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 October 2023, Memphis in May said it was suspending its long-running Beale Street Music Festival. Where do things stand with the music fest now?
The Memphis blues is a style of blues music created from the 1910s to the 1930s by musicians in the Memphis area, such as Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Memphis Minnie. The style was popular in vaudeville and medicine shows and was associated with Beale Street , the main entertainment area in Memphis.
The Bluff City's largest hotel property recently went on the market. The 600-room Sheraton Downtown Memphis at 250 N. Main St. was listed for sale about three weeks ago, according to Wayne Tabor ...