Edward W. Ray born in Franklin, North Carolina on December 21, 1926.

Artist Max Roach was born Maxwell Lemuel Roach on January 10, 1924 in Newland, North Carolina; died on August 16, 2007 in New York City.

Born John William Bristol on February 3, 1939 in Morganton, North Carolina; died on March 21, 2004 in Brighton Township, Michigan.

You know him as Randy Travis but he was born Randy Bruce Traywick on May 4, 1959 in Marshville, North Carolina.

Roberta Flack was born on February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina.

Born on January 6, 1924 in Flint Hill, North Carolina

Earl Scruggs created the defining sound of bluegrass with his three-finger or Scruggs-style playing on the banjo. This style, where the fingers “roll” over the strings, contrasts with the claw-hammer and strumming styles that dominated banjo playing prior to Scruggs.

Earl Scruggs developed this defining sound of bluegrass as a member of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys. Scruggs joined this group at the end of 1945; also in that group [...]

Mike Curb is the first Honorary Member of the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame and was born on December 24, 1944 in Savannah, Georgia.

Born Benjamin Earl Nelson on September 23, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina.

George Clinton was born on July 22, 1941 in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

James Taylor grew up in Carrboro, North Carolina, where his father was a faculty member and then Dean of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.