NC Music Hall of Fame - Artists

Galbreath, Frank	Born in robeson County on September 2, 1913. Played trumpet and sang with several eastern Carolina bands and Lucky Millinder, Charlie Barnet, Louis Armstrong, Luis Russell, Billy Eckstine, Sy Oliver, Fats Domino and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Gaster, Marvin	One of the last two-finger up-picking banjo players in eastern North Carolina. 62 years old in 1997.
Gaston, William	Wrote the official North Carolina State Song, "The Old North State". Native of New Bern.
Gabriel, Guitar	Third-generation blues man from Winston-Salem. Showcases a mixture of gospel, down-home, jump, Chicago and Piedmont blues. He calls Piedmont blues "toot blues". Left home at 15 years old to pursue career as a traveling musician. Originally recorded as Nyles Jones. Real name is Robert Lewis Jones. Died on April 2, 1996 at the age of 70.
Gibson, Don	Born on March 3, 1928 in Shelby. Twelve hits from 1958-1961, including "I Can't Stop Loving You".
Gillespie, Dizzy	Native of Cheraw, South Carolina. Graduated from the Laurinburg Institute in 1935. The school houses the beginning of the Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Hall of Fame. One of the most influential jazz artists of the 20th century.
Glory Fountain	Chapel Hill based alternative band with yet another cool web site. Tours extensively on East Coast and Southeastern US .
The Greens	Southern Gospel family trio from Boone. Have had #1 hits on the Southern Gospel charts.
Griffey, Tony
Griffith, Andy	His first million-selling comedy album was recorded in Greensboro. It was called "What It Was Was Football". Born June 1, 1926 in Mt. Airy. Given name is William Samuel Griffith. Originally used the stage name "Deacon Andy Griffith". Had hit television show in the 60's and early 70's, and again in the '80s and '90's with "Matlock". Records gospel music.
Griffith, Dorothy Lewis
Greene, Elvira	African-American mezzo-soprano. Was a permanent member and a principal artist of the MET for about a decade. Born in Macon, NC, but grew up in Greensboro. Returned to Greensboro in 1993 but still performs throughout the world.

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