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Benny Latimore
Benjamin William Lattimore (born September 7, 1939), known professionally as Latimore, is an American blues and Rhythm and blues, R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. In 2017, Latimore was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame. Life and career Latimore was born in Charleston, Tennessee, Charleston, Tennessee, and was influenced by country music, his Baptist Church (building), church choir, and the blues. His first professional experience came as a pianist for various Florida-based groups including Steve Alaimo. He first sound recording and reproduction, recorded around 1965 for Henry Stone's Dade record label in Miami, Florida, Miami, Florida. In the early 1970s, he moved to the Glades label, and had his first major hit single, hit in 1973 with a jazzy reworking of T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday", which reached No. 27 on the R&B record chart, chart. Latimore's first national hit was "If You Were My Woman," a gender-modified cover of "If I Were Your Woman (song), If I Were Your Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston, Tennessee
Charleston is a city in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 664 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Cleveland Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The land now occupied by Charleston and Bradley County was home to the Cherokee long before European settlers arrived. What is now Charleston began around 1808 when Major John Walker Sr., a part-Cherokee grandson of Nancy Ward, established a ferry across the Hiwassee River between present-day Charleston and Calhoun. As a result, the community was initially known as "Walker's Ferry." The Hiwassee Purchase of 1819 resulted in the cession of Cherokee lands between the Hiwassee and Little Tennessee rivers to the Federal Government, and as a result, the Hiwassee River became the boundary between the Cherokee Nation and the United States, where it remained until the Cherokee removal in 1838. In 1821, the Cherokee Agency— the official liaison between the U.S. government and the Cherokee Nation— w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |