1999 Inductees – North Carolina Music Hall Of Fame

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Inductee – Bill Griffin

July 23, 2011, 1:35 am

As a music promoter and nightclub owner in Greensboro NC, Griffin had the gift of turning empty buildings and vacant storefronts into hot spots and gold mines. The dozens of clubs he owned over a...

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Leaving his native home of Huntington, West Virginia, Billy Scott joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Fort Knox Kentucky, Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana, then honorably discharged after two years...

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Inductee – The Chairmen of The Board

July 23, 2011, 2:25 am

The Chairmen of The Board was formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1969. One year later, Holland, Dozier, Holland’s Invictus Records released The Chairman’s first recording, the million seller’s classic...

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Inductee – Charlie Daniels

July 23, 2011, 2:41 am

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 early Elvis...

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Inductee – Kay Kyser

July 23, 2011, 2:47 am

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 learning to play a...

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Inductee – Loonis McGlohon

July 23, 2011, 2:56 am

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 by the big-band...

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Inductee – Victoria Livengood

July 23, 2011, 3:08 am

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, Steve, the...

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