Georgia music hall of fame. The 43000 square feet state of the art museum houses over 3000 artifacts. Ray charles bill lowery and zell miller were the first inductees. Representing a wide spectrum of genres in both performing and non performing recognition below is a.
Otis redding ray charles whitney houston rem and the lewis family. The 43000 square foot building was home to thousands of documents and artifacts including sound recordings costumes instruments sheet music photographs recording equipment and memorabilia from hundreds of the states musical legends. The museum was opened in 1996 to celebrate the musical heritage of the state and its main exhibit hall tune town is set up like a small southern town featuring streets that wind through music and memorabilia packed venues that include.
Georgia and its music are featured in the hall of fames museum in macon georgia. The georgia music hall of fame recognizes performing and non performing artists for their significant contributions to the music industry for those artists with georgia ties. Mercer university is the oldest private university in georgia with its main campus in macon.
A chapel cafe. The georgia music hall of fame program was established by the state of georgia in 1979 to honor georgia musicians who have made significant contributions to the music industry. This award was created in 1979 by the state of georgia to celebrate and remember georgia musicians who have made noteworthy contributions to the music industrythe list includes names such as.
Explore georgia and experience your own soundtrack of music and memories. The georgia sports hall of fame and museum in macon georgia is the countrys largest state sports museum. Youll find a list of the georgia music hall of fame inductees from 1979 to present.
From the old style ticket booths to the brick columns in the rotunda and special lighting the museum invites visitors to experience the history of sports in. The georgia music hall of fame in macon served for fifteen years as the states official music museum. History of the georgia music hall of fame with the dominance of new york los angeles and nashville in the music world lieutenant governor zell miller thought that honoring georgias significant contribution to the industry was a good idea.
Mercer university purchased the former hall of fame building in june 2012. The georgia music hall of fame was located in downtown macon georgia united states from 1996 until it closed in 2011. See where the original influencers like little richard james brown otis redding ray charles johnny mercer fiddlin john carson the allman brothers the b 52s rem.
Georgia music hall of fame operated from 1996 until it closed in 2011. This page shows a full list of 163 musicians who were recognized by the georgia music hall of fame. The hall was closed on june 12 2011 due to lack of attendance.