Andy Griffith is one of the most beloved actors in American entertainment; although “The Andy Griffith Show” stopped production in 1967, the show remains on the air as a favorite of each succeeding...
You know him as Randy Travis but he was born Randy Bruce Traywick on May 4, 1959 in Marshville, North Carolina.
During the mid-1980s, a group of young performers changed the course of country music by recording...
Born on February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina.
Roberta Flack was born into a musical family; her mother was a church organist and her father was a jazz musician. She grew up in Arlington, Virginia and...
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.
James’s first music lessons were on the cello...
John Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina; died on July 17, 1967 in New York City.
John Coltrane is one of the most important–and controversial–individuals in the history of...
Ben Folds is a multi-talented singer, songwriter and instrumentalist who is a leading figure in alternative rock. Born September 12, 1966 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Folds...
Opera tenor Anthony Dean Griffey was born in High Point, North Carolina and holds degrees from Wingate University, the Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard School and was a member of...
North Carolina Music Hall of Fame Announces Major Sponsors for 2011 Induction Ceremony
For Immediate Release
Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury and Hanes Brands of...
NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC HALL OF FAME MUSEUM ANNOUNCEMENT
In order to provide our visitors to the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame museum greater access to the music and history of...
Ronnie Lee Milsap was born on January 16, 1943 in the Great Smokey Mountain town of Robbinsville North Carolina.
Being born with congenital glaucoma, Ronnie lost his eyesight early and...
Victoria Livengood was born August 8, 1959 in Thomasville, North Carolina.
The daughter of Jerry and Carolyn Livengood grew up on a farm in Davidson County and along with her brother,...
Loonis McGlohon was born September 29, 1921 in Ayden, North Carolina, died January 26, 2002.
McGlohon was the son of an auto mechanic and a school teacher. As a boy, he was enthralled...
Which big-time bandleader and North Carolina native broke all sorts of attendance records, appeared in nearly a dozen movies, and became the top moneymaker in his field, all without...
Charlie Daniels was born in 1936 in Wilmington North Carolina.
Charlie became interested in music and bought his first guitar at age 15. He taught himself how to play by listening to...