Category Archives: Wade Hall Collection

Hamp@Hoole: Happy 100th Birthday to the Legendary Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton would have been 100 years old this week. He passed away in August of 2002 at the age of 94, a musical legend and performer for a remarkable eight decades. Hampton was born on April 20, 1908 in … Continue reading

Happy Birthday to Alabama’s own Clarence Carter!

  Patches [sound recording] / Clarence Carter. (Detail) New York : Atlantic, c1970. Sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 12 in. From the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library Wade Hall Sound Recording Collection,LP 14010 January 14 is the … Continue reading