MEMPHIS – Johnny Cash, influential blues guitarist Albert King and soul singer Carla Thomas are among the 13 new inductees of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
Members of the Memphis music community announced the second-ever class of the Hall of Fame today. The inductees, all of whom have strong ties to the city, will be honored at a Nov. 7 ceremony.
Cash, already a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, recorded at the famed Sun Studio in Memphis, where Elvis Presley got his start.
Also on the list are soul-funk group The Bar-Kays, blues singer Kay Starr, rockabilly guitarist and producer Roland Janes, jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. and songwriter David Porter.
Porter wrote dozens of hits for Stax Records, including Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin.'” He also wrote songs for Thomas.