Memphis musicians, during the early 1900s, brought music to the city that was unlike anything that the area or the nation had ever heard before. The blues is the name that was given to this music from Memphis musicians, and it still today gives a unique musical face to the city. Some of the great Memphis musicians include Big Mama Thornton, Rosco Gordon, Sleepy John Estes, B.B. King, and later, of course, Mr. Elvis Presley. The talents of these Memphis musicians greatly shaped the city of music, and the sound that people heard in the streets and on the radio would never be the same once the Memphis musicians made their footprints.
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