Cleveland in Bolivar County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Grammy Museum® Mississippi

— Mississippi Blues Trail —

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Inscription.
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The Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum’s decision to open a sister museum here in Cleveland in 2016 was a testament to Mississippi's rich musical heritage in blues, country, gospel, rock and other genres. Among Mississippi’s many GRAMMY winners, B.B. King received sixteen awards and Muddy Waters received seven. Artists with roots in the Cleveland area whose work has been recognized with awards include Charley Patton, the Staple Singers, David “Honeyboy” Edwards and Henry Townsend.

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GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi is the first GRAMMY Museum® built outside of Los Angeles, where the original Museum opened in 2008. Like its sister site (the Los Angeles Museum), it is dedicated to celebrating the history of the GRAMMY® Awards and provides visitors the opportunity to explore all genres of music, the creative and technological processes of recording, and the enduring qualities and cultural significance of music. The Mississipppi Museum also casts a focused spotlight on the region with exhibits and experiences including the Mississippi Music Table, which demonstrates the great influence Mississippi artists have had on

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multiple genres of music. In relation to its population, Mississippi artists boast an impressive number of GRAMMY® wins, particularly in the blues categories, and Lifetime Achievement Awards, which have recognized artists including Elvis Presley, Robert Johnson, Sam Cooke, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Pinetop Perkins, Hank Jones, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Honeyboy Edwards, and groups with Mississippi-born members: the Allman Brothers Band, Blind Boys of Alabama, Earth Wind & Fire, the Staple Singers, the Temptations and the Funk Brothers.

The Recording Academy® created the GRAMMY Awards in 1958, and the first of many Mississippians to receive a GRAMMY was classical vocalist Leontyne Price, who received the first of her 19 GRAMMYs in 1960. The state of Mississippi initiated a close relationship with The Recording Academy in 2008, when the first of a series of annual Mississippi GRAMMY Legacy Celebrations was held in Jackson to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GRAMMY Awards. In 2010 an annual Mississippi Night was introduced as part of the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE’s celebrations preceding the awards ceremony, and in February 2011

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a Mississippi Blues Trail marker was dedicated in Los Angeles near the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE. GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli and Jon Hornyak, Sr. Executive Director of the Memphis Chapter of The Recording Academy, were instrumental in the creation of the Mississippi Museum, together with the non-profit Cleveland Music Foundation. The placement of the 28,000 square foot Museum near the campus of Delta State University facilitated coordination with the university’s Delta Music Institute, International Delta Blues Project, and The Delta Center for Culture and Learning, an important partner in the creation and administration of the Mississippi Blues Trail.

The creation of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi took place at a time when Mississippi was actively paying tribute to its rich musical heritage with the Mississippi Blues Trail (launched in 2006), the B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola (2008) and the Mississippi Country Music Trail (2010), amidst a proliferation of local music festivals and official state welcome signs proclaiming “The Birthplace of American Music.”

Erected 2016 by Mississippi

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Blues Commission. (Marker Number 192.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi Blues Trail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 2016.

Location. 33° 44.895′ N, 90° 43.858′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Mississippi, in Bolivar County. It is at the intersection of West Sunflower Road (State Highway 8) and North 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Sunflower Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland MS 38732, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Marshall Plan (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hill Demonstration School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Margaret Wade (approx. 0.4 miles away); Delta Blues Inspires W.C. Handy (approx. half a mile away); Bolivar County Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Bolivar County Confederate Monument (approx. half a mile away); The Enlightenment of W.C. Handy (approx. half a mile away); Cleveland (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Also see . . . Grammy Museum® Mississippi. (Submitted on April 9, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Additional keywords. Grammy Museum® Mississippi

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Credits. This page was last revised on July 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 585 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 9, 2021, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.