Autherine Lucy Foster First African American to Enroll at the University of Alabama
Alab am a L e a r n i n g E x c e h g a n Arthur Alexander Singer, Songwriter, Music Industry Legend rthur Alexander was born on May 10, Alexander eventually did have a top 100 R&B hit 1940, in Florence, Alabama. Alexander, with “Sharing the Night Together” in 1976. A a talented “country-soul” and rhythm By the 1980s, Alexander had abandoned the & blues singer and songwriter, influenced nu- music business entirely and worked in Cleve- merous artists and played a significant role land, Ohio driving a social services bus for a liv- in the development of north Alabama’s Mus- ing. During this period, his recording legacy grew cle Shoals music recording scene. in reputation, especially in Great Britain, where Many of Alexander’s songs were covered by his catalogue was constantly available through some of the music industry’s legends, including reissues. Alexander recorded a comeback album the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina Turner, in 1992 entitled Lonely Just Like Me. The album, Percy Sledge, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, Otis Alexander’s last, featured “If It’s Really Got To Be Redding, and Elvis Presley. According to Ringo This Way,” covered later by Led Zeppelin front- Starr, one of the advantages of being in Liverpool, man Robert Plant. The album included remakes a port city, was that “All these records were com- of “Every Day I Have to Cry,” “In the Middle of ing from America, so you could find out about It All,” “Genie in the Jug,” and several Alexander Arthur Alexander and people like that.” Len- originals, including a searing rendition of “Mr.
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