Eddie Ray, a music industry veteran who operates the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, will have more space to tell the story of the state’s greatest musicians.
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Displays of two towering figures in American music – John Coltrane and Nina Simone – stand side-by-side at the Hall of Fame in Kannapolis.
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North Carolina icon Andy Griffith was a Grammy-winning Southern gospel singer before he hit it big as a comedian and actor.
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Top left: Five-time Grammy winner James Taylor grew up in Chapel Hill, where his father was a professor at UNC.
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Clay Aiken parlayed a runner-up finish in the 2003 season of American Idol into a successful career as a vocalist and actor. He won the Democratic nomination for a N.C. House seat but lost to his Republican opponent in the 2014 general election.
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This flashy outfit was worn by Billy Scott, lead singer of the R&B group The Prophets.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty have new neighbors at the Curb Museum now that John Coltrane, Doc Watson, Thelonious Monk, Nina Simone and a host of other North Carolina music legends have moved in.
Eddie Ray, a music industry veteran who operates the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, will have more space to tell the story of the state’s greatest musicians.
Clay Aiken parlayed a runner-up finish in the 2003 season of American Idol into a successful career as a vocalist and actor. He won the Democratic nomination for a N.C. House seat but lost to his Republican opponent in the 2014 general election.
