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Memphis is a musical with music by David Bryan, lyrics by Bryan and Joe DiPietro, and a book by DiPietro. The show is loosely based on the story of Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips , [ 1 ] one of the first white DJs to play black music in the 1950s.
Marc Cohn is the debut studio album released in 1991 by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn. [4] The album peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 Chart. [5] It was RIAA certified gold in 1992 and was certified platinum in 1996. [6]
Marc Craig Cohn (/ k oʊ n /; [2] born July 5, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song "Walking in Memphis", from his 1991 album Marc Cohn, which was a Top 40 hit.
The popularity of "Memphis" led to bookings at larger venues, at least one tour in the UK, and performances with Chuck Berry. [80] [81] Still in 1963, Mack released "Wham!", a gospel-esque guitar rave-up. It reached No. 24 on Billboard's Pop chart in September. [71] Although "Memphis" was the bigger hit, many associate the faster-paced "Wham!"
In July 2011, LaVere and her band (guitarist David Cousar, violinist/keyboardist Krista Wroten-Combest and drummer Shawn Zorn), promoted the UK release of Stranger Me in London and France. On September 28, 2011, LaVere was named "Best Singer in Memphis" for the second consecutive year by the city of Memphis, Tennessee.
Memphis: Direct from Broadway is a 2011 film of the original Broadway production of the musical Memphis as captured live in performance on Broadway. The show was captured at Broadway's Shubert Theatre in New York City January 18–21, 2011, utilizing multiple high-definition cameras and 96 tracks of sound recording.
It continued the Memphis-soul influence as seen in the previous two albums. The album included a cover of I'm In Love With A Girl , originally recorded by fellow Memphis band, Big Star . The cover, which includes a line taken for the album title, featured backing vocals from Big Star drummer, Jody Stephens .
Originally, the Memphis-based band featured Cartwright, Jeremy Scott (bass), Greg Roberson (drums) and Alex Greene (keyboards and guitar). However, after Cartwright and his family re-located to Asheville, North Carolina in 2004, bassist David Wayne Gay, drummer Lance Wille, and keyboardist Dave Amels joined Cartwright until October 2011 with ...