NC Music Hall of Fame - Artists

Fantastic Shakers	Lincolnton based beach music band and show band.
Fargo, Donna	Born in Mt. Airy, NC. Had the number two and six hits on the 1972 Country chart, "Funny Face" and "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA". Graduated from High Point College. Received a Grammy and Billboard Magazine's Best New Country Music Female Entertainer in 1972.
Farlow, Sal	Very respected jazz guitarist from Greensboro.
Firehouse	Raleigh-based heavy metal band
Flack, Roberta	Born on February 10, 1939 in Black Mountain, NC. Had the number one pop/rock hit of 1972 and 1973. "Killing Me Softly" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Had the number one hit on the R&B chart in 1974. Before stardom she taught music and English literature in Farmville.
Fletcher, J.	Founded National Opera Company
Fox, Charles	From Greensboro
Fox, Inez	Born on September 9, 1942 in Greensboro. Started singing in a church choir with the Gospel Tide Chorus. Signed with Brunswick Records in New York in 1959. Signed with Symbol Records in 1963. Had four hits in 1963 and 1964, "Mockingbird" and "Hi Diddle Diddle" included.
Fuller, Blind Boy	A noted blues guitarist born in 1907 in Wadesboro. Real name was Fulton Allen. Sold many records in the late thirties. Moved to Durham. Recorded 130 records in the thirties and forties. Died on February 13, 1941 and buried in the Grove Hill Cemetery in Durham.
Fulp, Preston	Born in Stokes County on November 1, 1915. Played at tobacco warehouses in Winston-Salem. Recorded a record in 1937.

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