• The Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, headquartered in Clinton, Mississippi, honors Mississippi's famous musicians. It is a "Who's Who" of the blues...
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    age of 83, he won his first Grammy Award for the album Porcupine Meat. He is inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, and...
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    into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Their 1930 blues single "Sitting on Top of the World" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008....
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    Hall of Fame Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame New Zealand Music Hall of Fame North...
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    Keith Carlock (category People from Clinton, Mississippi)
    He is a member of the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Carlock was born in Clinton, Mississippi, and attended The University of North Texas. In October...
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  • Junior Parker (category Musicians from Clarksdale, Mississippi)
    the Blues Hall of Fame. Parker is also inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. There is some disagreement over the details of Parker's birth...
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    Reneau, President of Louisiana Tech University William Grant Still, African-American classical composer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was...
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  • Nanette Workman (category Musicians from Jackson, Mississippi)
    well-known musicians in the U.S., Canada, UK and France and has been recognized in Mississippi by being elected to that state's Musicians Hall of Fame and having...
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    Inverness in 1935 Willie Kent, blues musician Little Milton, blues musician and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame member, was born in Inverness in 1934...
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  • Prentiss Barnes (category People from Magnolia, Mississippi)
    Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 as a member of the Moonglows. He has also been inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, The Vocal Group Hall of Fame...
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  • 1950s-1960s, was born in Laurel. Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in the Jackson–Evers International Airport Mississippi Blues Trail "Jim Jackson: Biography"...
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    pick of Cleveland Rockers Walter Turnbull, African American musician, founder of Boys Choir of Harlem, as well as a Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee...
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    a Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee Bukka White, early blues performer William Raspberry, journalist Milan Williams, founding member of The...
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    Ike Turner (category Blues musicians from Mississippi)
    Walk of Fame, the Clarksdale Walk of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame, and the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Izear...
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  • the Delta blues style, and as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as perhaps "the first...
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    ballot Hall of Fame wide receiver Don "Cadillac Don" Sharp, rap/hip-hop artist Clarence Weatherspoon, NBA player Big Joe Williams, Mississippi Musicians Hall...
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    College Jon Brown – NFL kicker Keith Carlock, jazz drummer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee, was born in Clinton in 1971. Cynthia F. Cooper –...
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  • David Ruffin (category People from Lauderdale County, Mississippi)
    Temptations. Ruffin is also inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. In June 2019, the city of Detroit unveiled "David Ruffin Avenue" as the...
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    John Lee Hooker (category Blues musicians from Mississippi)
    and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is also inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Two of his songs, "Boogie Chillen" and "Boom...
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    Charlie Patton, blues musician and inductee in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame; born near Edwards in 1891 Melvin Powell, Negro league baseball...
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  • The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame is an independent organization whose mission is to educate and to celebrate, preserve, promote, and present rhythm...
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    Ace Cannon (category Musicians from Mississippi)
    9, 2008, he was honored with induction into the Mississippi Musicians' Hall of Fame. After years of traveling and entertaining fans the world over, he...
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    are known as the Cougars. Ace Cannon, saxophone player and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee Billy Cowan, former Major League Baseball player...
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  • J. Fred Knobloch (category Musicians from Jackson, Mississippi)
    the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top...
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    Baton Rouge, native of Woodville William Grant Still, African-American classical composer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in...
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    of Pittsburgh, two-time Pro Bowler, Heisman runner-up Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, noted black concert singer and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee...
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    Sam Cooke (redirect from Death of Sam Cooke)
    Culture; the museum opened in 2016. Cooke is inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. In 2020, Dion released a song and music video as a tribute...
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    Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds...
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    2015. "Mississippi 4-H Museum". Mississippi State University. Retrieved 24 April 2015. "Mississippi Music Museum". Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Retrieved...
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