Memphis Music Hall of Fame 2014 Inductees to be Revealed on June 26th, 2014

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This Thursday, June 26, officials with the Memphis Music Hall of Fame will announce the names of nine luminaries of Memphis’ rich musical legacy for 2014 induction into The Hall. The 2014 Memphis Music Hall of Fame inductees will be announced at a special press conference to be held at Hard Rock Cafe, 315 Beale Street, beginning at 3:00 PM/CDT.

The Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum administers the annual Memphis Music Hall of Fame announcement and induction, in cooperation with Memphis’ many music organizations and attractions. This is the third year that icons of Memphis music will have been inducted into The Hall. Those announced at this Thursday’s press conference will be honored at The Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in November, 2014. The inductees have been selected by a national Nominating Committee comprised of authors, music historians, national educators, and members of the music community. This year’s inductees will join a roster of other world-changing inductees which includes Isaac Hayes, B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Howlin’ Wolf and 32 others.

Each year, inductees are honored and celebrated through their own dedicated tribute page on the Memphis Music Hall of Fame’s award-winning web site (www.memphismusichalloffame.com), and each receives the Mike Curb Award, a locally hand-crafted trophy and the official award of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

At the press conference, Memphis Music Hall of Fame officials are also expected to elaborate on plans for a Hall of Fame exhibit and museum to be housed in the new Hard Rock Cafe location at 126 Beale Street and Second in downtown Memphis. The building is the former location of the legendary Lansky Bros., known as the “Clothier to the King” for outfitting rock pioneers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rufus Thomas and others.

The Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum is located at 191 Beale Street at FedExForum, and was researched and developed by The Smithsonian Institution. The museum is open daily from 10:00 am until 7:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.memphisrocknsoul.org. The inductee announcement will mark the final event at Hard Rock Cafe Memphis at the 315 Beale Street location. Beginning this summer, Hard Rock Cafe Memphis will take residence at a brand-new space at 126 Beale Street.

Previous Memphis Music Hall of Fame inductees

Estelle Axton & Jim Stewart

The Bar-Kays

The Blackwood Brothers

Bobby “Blue” Bland

Booker T. and The MG’s

Reverend W. Herbert Brewster

Lucie Campbell

Johnny Cash

George Coleman

Jim Dickinson

Al Green

W.C. Handy

Isaac Hayes

Howlin’ Wolf

Roland Janes

Albert King

B.B. King

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jimmie Lunceford

Professor W.T. McDaniel

Memphis Jug Band

Memphis Minnie

Willie Mitchell

Phineas Newborn, Jr.

Dewey Phillips

Knox Phillips

Sam Phillips

David Porter

Elvis Presley

Otis Redding

Sid Selvidge

The Staple Singers

Kay Starr

Carla Thomas

Rufus Thomas

Three 6 Mafia

Nat D. Williams

ZZ Top

 

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