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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.
Meteor Records was a Memphis-based R&B record label run by Lester Bihari, one of the Bihari brothers, owners of Modern Records in Los Angeles. [1] Founded in 1952, the label was a bold experiment to broaden the talent base by focusing on signing and recording Southern regional talent by having recording studios locally available.
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.
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.
Bryant was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, the fifth of ten children. [2] He began singing in church at age five, and soon joined his father's family vocal group. [ 3 ] He eventually formed a gospel quartet for a high school radio show, finding success singing secular pop songs on Dick “Cane” Cole’s popular WLOK show. [ 3 ]
Memphis is a musical duo consisting of longtime friends Torquil Campbell and Chris Dumont. [1] Dumont, originally from North Carolina, first met Campbell in New York City in the early 1990s. [1] With Campbell's childhood friends Chris Seligman, James Shaw, and Adam Marvy, the pair played together in a band called Luxe.
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.
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]