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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.
Handy was honored with two markers on the Mississippi Blues Trail, the "Enlightenment of W.C. Handy" in Clarksdale, Mississippi and a marker at his birthplace in Florence, Alabama. [50] [51] Blues Music Award was known as the W. C. Handy Award until the name change in 2006. W. C. Handy Music Festival is held annually in Florence, Alabama. [52]
Home to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, it opened in 2003. [2] [3] It also hosts comedians, [4] stage plays and children's theater, [5] ballet, [6] beauty pageants, [7] concerts, [8] and more. [1] It has previously hosted the Memphis mayor's swearing in ceremony, [9] the Memphis Music Hall of Fame ceremony, [10] and the Miss United States ...
A look at city's music history, from W.C. Handy to Yo Gotti. ... for "The Memphis Blues" by W.C. Handy was ... by an African American woman," according to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
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Memphis Music Hall of Fame will induct 9 new members from soul singers to opera stars, garage rock bands to hip-hop producers. Here's what's planned.
The Blues Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, that is affiliated with more than 175 blues organizations from various parts of the world. Founded in 1980, a 25-person board of directors governs the foundation whose stated mission is to preserve blues heritage, celebrate blues recording and ...
Memphis Music Hall of Fame Class of 2024 inductee Jazze Pha, right, performs with Hall of Famers, left and center, 8Ball & MJG during the induction ceremony on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at the ...