http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/blogBlog Updatesen-usOn Monday, January 3, Rock 'n' Soul staff will be busy counting every t-shirt and sweatshirt as part of our annual inventory (we usually close on New Year's Day and do this, but this year Memphis was swarmed by thousands of Georgia and Central...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=111406Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:07:00 Z Rock ‘n’ Soul is launching an ever-expanding music oral history project in conjunction with Rhodes College’s “Crossroads to Freedom” Digital Archive, titled  “Line Notes: Words Behind the Music.”  In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Memphis...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=109052Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:46:00 ZIn October, 2003, Memphis' Elvis Presley broke yet another musical record when his Elvis: 2nd to None debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts an incredible 26 years following his death. This week, those bragging rights travel to Seattle, as their...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=108925Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:57:00 ZToday is Friday, March 19, and on this day in music history... 53 years ago, Elvis Presley purchased the white-columned mansion and 13.8 acre estate in the Whitehaven community of Memphis, moving from an East Memphis home at 1034 Audubon Drive....http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=108922Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:54:00 ZRock 'n' Soul congratulates the choir from Greater Community Temple C.O.G.I.C. for winning the Verizon "How Sweet the Sound" gospel choir competition last night here at FedExForum. The choir now proceeds to Detroit on November 7 to compete in the...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=107195Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:40:18 ZNot only was the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum pleased to be a part of Ardent Studios' 40th anniversary celebration in 2006 (which landed us the generous loan of one of the orginal sound boards from early Ardent studios, now occupying the museum's...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=107022Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:09:57 Z Memphis music and the world lost a giant yesterday, as legendary producer and Memphis-music icon Jim Dickinson passed away. Every single day (361 days of the year), one of the first voices a staff member at the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum hears is...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106901Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:39:16 ZThe Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum mourns the loss of a musical legend. Les Paul, who invented the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died today of complications from pneumonia. He was 94. For many years, the...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106895Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:48:41 ZMemphis' incredible "Beale Street Flippers" are on NBC's "America's Got Talent" tonight. Yeah, the show may be a bit cheesy, but these guys are hugely talented. And they WORKED their way into the spotlight. For years they have performed their...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106890Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:10:52 Z The Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum joins the rest of the world in mourning the loss of musical legend and Sun Records pioneer Billy Lee Riley. The rockabilly pioneer who's performed at the Rock 'n' Soul Museum and, in 2007, at the Beale Street Music...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106847Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:00:17 Z My wife and I visited your museum a couple of weeks ago and loved it. We both learned a tremendous amount. However, we were both dying to know if there's a way to get a copy of the list of artists and songs on all the jukeboxes throughout the...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106832Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:06:54 ZRock 'n' Soul welcomes John Mellencamp to the River City, in town tonight to record at the legendary Sun Studios. Great music continues to be made within those four legendary walls on Union Avenue, as well as at other great Memphis studios like...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106800Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:32:24 ZI have so much respect for Barry Gordy, the man who built Motown Records into the international icon it is, and who has done more for the city of Detroit than any sports or political legend. His eloquent comments at the July 7 memorial service for...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106756Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:54:50 ZThe Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, like the rest of the world, was shocked and saddened on June 3 with the news of the death of blues legend and "Queen of the Blues," Koko Taylor. Not even a month had passed since her final performance, right here in...http://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/default.aspx?p=35196&beid=106754Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:41:42 Z