Mike Curb
Mike Curb’s connection to North Carolina extends back to his involvement with NASCAR in 1980 when he owned the car driven by Dale Earnhardt when that driver won the NASCAR championship.
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2009 Inductees
Nina Simone
Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina; died on April 21, 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, France.
Randy Travis
You know him as Randy Travis but he was born Randy Bruce Traywick on May 4, 1959 in Marshville, North Carolina.
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack was born on February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina into a musical family; her mother was a church organist and her father was a jazz musician.
The Five Royales
The Royal Sons of Gospel, a group in Winston-Salem, North Carolina during the 1940s, was comprised of Johnny Tanner, Lowman and Clarence Pauling, Otto Jeffries, and William Samuels.
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was born on October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; died on February 17, 1982 in Englewood, New Jersey.
Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison was born on January 5, 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina; died on October 26, 1994 in Spencer, North Carolina.
Kate Smith
The great Kathryn Elizabeth Smith was born on May 1, 1907 in Washington, D.C.; died on June 17, 1986 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Johnny Bristol
Born John William Bristol on February 3, 1939 in Morganton, North Carolina; died on March 21, 2004 in Brighton Township, Michigan.
Johnny Grant
For almost 30 years, Johnny Grant was known as the “Mayor of Hollywood,” an honorary title bestowed on him in 1980 by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
John Coltrane
John Coltrane is one of the most important–and controversial–individuals in the history of jazz.
James Taylor
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.