Sources
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All sources, by artist
Ronnie James Dio
Randy Rhoads
Keith Richards
Jimmy Page
Bruce Dickinson
Tony Iommi
Roger Daltrey
Rod Stewart
Robert Plant
Ritchie Blackmore
Mick Jagger
Malcolm Young
Kirk Hammett
Joe Cocker
Geezer Butler
Eric Clapton
Eddie Van Halen
David Lee Roth
Brian May
Steven Tyler
Slash
Paul Stanley
Jon Bon Jovi
Gene Simmons
Brian Johnson
Axl Rose
Ozzy Osbourne
Lemmy Kilmister
James Hetfield
Bon Scott
Angus Young
Nina Simone
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Charlie Parker
Billie Holiday
Willie Nelson
Sting
Billy Corgan
Kris Kristofferson
Diana Ross
Layne Staley
Kurt Cobain
Eddie Vedder
Dave Grohl
Chris Cornell
Shania Twain
Jimi Hendrix
Elvis Presley
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Garon
- https://biography.elvis.com.au/gladys-and-vernon-presley.shtml
- https://elvisdaily.com/2020/02/07/february-6-1939-elvis-presleys-father-vernon-was-released-from-the-parchman-farm/
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-8/elvis-presley-receives-his-first-guitar
- https://www.memphisheritage.org/historic-properties/lauderdale-courts-public-housing-project-uptown-square/
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/elvis-presley-s-first-record-my-happiness-up-for-auction-1.2893749
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Keisker
- https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/articles/blackwood-brothers.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Electric
Elton John
Dolly Parton
50 Cent
Tove Lo
Shakira
Ray Charles
Nicki Minaj
Loretta Lynn
Juan Gabriel
Freddie Mercury
Carlos Santana
Waylon Jennings
Tupac Shakur
Tina Turner
- https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/tina-turner
- https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/tina-turner/
- https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/tina-turner-from-nutbush-city-limits-to-life-as-the-queen-of-rock--roll
- https://memphismusichalloffame.com/inductee/tina-turner/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Turner
Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
Johnny Cash
Jay-Z
James Brown
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/james-brown-ca-1933-2006/
- https://www.biography.com/musicians/james-brown
- https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/growing-up-brothel-shaped-james-brown/
- https://aaep1600.osu.edu/book/09_Brown.php
- http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/James%20Brown.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Famous_Flames
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please,_Please,_Please_(James_Brown_song)