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	<title>North Florida Music Hall of Fame &#187; Michael Fitzgerald</title>
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		<title>Clean living pays off for Jacksonville&#8217;s Johnny Tillotson</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2009/09/23/johnny-tillotson-finds-crossover-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crossover country didn&#8217;t start with Shania Twain.
In the Fabulous Fifties, pop crooners like Tony Bennett and Patti Paige discovered that spruced-up versions of  &#8220;hillbilly&#8221; songs could be a gold mine.
That vein ran both ways: country singers and their labels suddenly discovered thousands of pop-music fans who had developed a taste for country. A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northeast Florida music scene cracked top 10 with 100 signings</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2008/09/08/northeast-florida-music-scene-cracked-top-10-with-100-signings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northeast Florida musicians broke out the champagne and blasted the amplifiers in October 2002: Modern rock band 3AE became the 100th area act to snag a record deal.
The RCA Records signing is one of eight contracts garnered by Northeast Florida acts in the past two years. They include mainstream rockers Shinedown (signed with Atlantic), singer-songwriter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 100</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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Act



Debut


Genre


 Labels







 


 


 




Blake, &#8220;Blind&#8221;


1926


Blues


Paramount




Canova, Judy


1939


Cabaret


Okeh, Mercury, Varsity




Haines, Connie


1939


Swing


RCA, Coral, Capitol, Mercury, Columbia, Dot




Waterford, Charles &#8220;Crown Prince&#8221;


1945


R&#38;B, Gospel


King, Capitol




Masters Family


1946


Gospel


Rich-R-Tone, Mercury,Columbia, Decca




Shay, Dorothy


1947


Cabaret


Columbia




Charles, Ray


1949


Blues/Pop


Atlantic, ABC-Paramount, Warner Bros., Columbia




Whitman, Slim


1949


Country


RCA, Imperial, United Artists, Liberty, Cleveland Intl.




Masters, Owen


1950


Pop


 




Daniels, Billy


1952


Cabaret


Mercury




Sheldon, Jack


1954


Jazz


GNP, Reprise, Capitol, Dot, Atlas, Concord Jazz, Butterfly




Boone, Pat


1956


Pop


Dot, Motown, MCA, Lion &#38; Lamb, Benson, Bear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perry, Ron</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2008/08/29/perry-ron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1970s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Detroit singer and guitarist was spotted by Molly Hatchet keyboardist and fellow Detroit native John Galvin and recruited to replace Hatchet’s departing singer, Jimmy Farrar, in 1987. Ron Perry wrote one song for Hatchet, “Take Miss Lucy Home,” which appeared on the band’s Capitol album, Lightning Strikes Twice.” However, Perry was displaced by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lombar, Dru</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2008/08/29/lombar-dru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dru led Grinderswitch and Dr. Hector and the Groove Injectors.  He began his music career while still a student at Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach.  One of these early bands was The Soul Searchers (photo courtesy the linked site.)
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		<title>Charles, Ray</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1930s - 1940s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born in 1930, in Albany, Ga.; moved to Greenville, Fla. (near Tallahassee) with his family while still an infant. Attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine; lived and performed in Jacksonville in 1945, where he lived at 732 Church Street. After leaving Florida for Seattle, he was signed to Los [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bitter Ind</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2008/08/28/bitter-ind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allman Bros]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jacksonville-based folk-rock band with own area TV show in mid-1960s; released one single under the name Tiffany System on SSS Intl., a cover of Dino Valenti&#8217;s “Get Together.” Included drummer Butch Trucks (Allman Brothers Band), guitarist Scott Boyer (Cowboy, Gregg Allman Band), and bassist David Brown.
(poster courtesy Southern Garage Bands)
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		<title>31st of February</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2008/08/27/31st-of-february/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outgrowth of Jacksonville folk-rock trio The Bitter Ind, briefly expanded to a quintet with the addition of Duane and Gregg Allman. Debut album on Vanguard, produced in Miami by Steve Alaimo. Second album, declined by Vanguard, was later issued on Henry Stone’s Bold label as “Duane &#38; Gregg Allman.” Also see Allman Brothers Band; Brown, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yost, Dennis</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2008/08/27/yost-dennis-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This teenage drummer from Jacksonville&#8217;s Northside helped form Jacksonville&#8217;s Classics. The group was spotted in Daytona Beach by booking agent Alan Diggs, who worked for Atlanta entrepreneur Bill Lowery. Diggs brought the band to Atlanta, and Lowery, who already managed Tommy Roe, scored a deal with Capitol. The band&#8217;s first two Capitol singles, including &#8220;Pollyanna,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boone, Pat</title>
		<link>http://nfmhof.com/2008/08/26/boone-pat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Eugene &#8220;Pat&#8221; Boone is descended from Daniel Boone. His father, Archie Boone, studied architecture at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he met Jacksonville native Margaret Pritchard. The couple settled in Jacksonville, where Pat Boone was born in 1934. The Boones had been hoping for a girl, whom they intended to name Patricia; [...]]]></description>
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