The Memphis Music Hall of Fame officially crossed the century mark Friday night as the organization inducted its 2024 class, bringing the total number of artists, songwriters, producers, players and behind-the-scenes figures enshrined to 106 members.
The ceremonies, held at Downtown’s Cannon Center for the Performing Arts saw deep soul singer James Carr, hitmaking garage band The Gentrys, session musician/songwriter Spooner Oldham, prolific rap producer Jazze Pha, R&B legend Wilson Pickett, opera star Kallen Esperian and famed vocal group Rhodes Chalmers Rhodes all inducted. Memphis music businessmen Jack Soden, head of Graceland/Elvis Presley Enterprises, and Kevin Kane, head of Memphis Tourism, also joined the Hall.
The nearly 3-hour ceremony was hosted by veteran music figure Pat Mitchell Worley and Memphis Tourism executive Marcus Cox, and featured live musical backing by the Kurt Clayton-led Memphis Music Hall of Fame band…