Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Lillian Shedd McMurry (December 30, 1921 - March 18, 1999) was an American record producer, influential in the development of blues music.Lillian Shedd was born in Purvis, Mississippi, and married furniture-store owner Willard McMurry in 1945, settling in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1949, she was helping her husband clear out a shop he had bought when she came upon a pile of old shellac 78rpm phonograph discs, including Wynonie Harris' recording of "All She Wants to Do Is Rock". Curious, McMurry played it on the store's record player and became so inspired that, as well as selling the stock she had discovered, she also decided to record more music like it. By her own account, until that point she, as a white woman, had been completely unaware of the music being made on her doorstep by her African-American neighbours.She formed Trumpet Records in Jackson in 1950. The first releases were of gospel music, but she soon auditioned and recorded both slide guitarist Elmore James, on his original recording of "Dust My Broom", and "Sonny Boy Williamson" (Aleck "Rice" Miller). Initially, McMurry apparently thought that "Williamson" was the original musician of that name. Many of the sides he first recorded for Trumpet, such as "Eyesight to the Blind" and "Nine Below Zero", later became blues standards. Rising debts caused Trumpet to fold in 1955, and McMurry went back to working in her husband's shop. In 1998, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, one of the few record producers to be granted that honour.On November 17, 2007, Lillian Shedd McMurry and Willard McMurry were honored with a historical marker on their former recording studio in Jackson, Mississippi. Her daughter, Vitrice, her son-in-law, and her granddaughter attended along with Dr. Woody Sistrunk. The McMurry family was awarded a plaque to go along with the historical marker.. }
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- Lillian_McMurry abstract "Lillian Shedd McMurry (December 30, 1921 - March 18, 1999) was an American record producer, influential in the development of blues music.Lillian Shedd was born in Purvis, Mississippi, and married furniture-store owner Willard McMurry in 1945, settling in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1949, she was helping her husband clear out a shop he had bought when she came upon a pile of old shellac 78rpm phonograph discs, including Wynonie Harris' recording of "All She Wants to Do Is Rock". Curious, McMurry played it on the store's record player and became so inspired that, as well as selling the stock she had discovered, she also decided to record more music like it. By her own account, until that point she, as a white woman, had been completely unaware of the music being made on her doorstep by her African-American neighbours.She formed Trumpet Records in Jackson in 1950. The first releases were of gospel music, but she soon auditioned and recorded both slide guitarist Elmore James, on his original recording of "Dust My Broom", and "Sonny Boy Williamson" (Aleck "Rice" Miller). Initially, McMurry apparently thought that "Williamson" was the original musician of that name. Many of the sides he first recorded for Trumpet, such as "Eyesight to the Blind" and "Nine Below Zero", later became blues standards. Rising debts caused Trumpet to fold in 1955, and McMurry went back to working in her husband's shop. In 1998, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, one of the few record producers to be granted that honour.On November 17, 2007, Lillian Shedd McMurry and Willard McMurry were honored with a historical marker on their former recording studio in Jackson, Mississippi. Her daughter, Vitrice, her son-in-law, and her granddaughter attended along with Dr. Woody Sistrunk. The McMurry family was awarded a plaque to go along with the historical marker.".