Along with Texas, Memphis & North and South Carolina, Kansas City is a " world capital of barbecue.

The classic Kansas City-style barbecue was an inner-city phenomenon that evolved from the pit of Henry Perry from the Memphis, Tennessee, area in the early 20th century and blossomed in the 18th and Vine neighborhood.

Tennessee is known for its country ham and Memphis, TN is known for several famous barbecue restaurants and a major barbecue cooking competition held in May.

In some Memphis establishments and in Kentucky, meat is rubbed with dry seasoning ( dry rubs ) and smoked over hickory wood without sauce ; the finished barbecue is then served with barbecue sauce on the side.

In Memphis, Tennessee, barbecue nachos are served in most barbecue restaurants, and also at sporting events.

Memphis stinkpotters like McKellar Lake, inside the city limits, and sailors look for autumn winds at Arkabutla Lake where fall racing is now in progress.

Even when he is on the way to Memphis you will still have the promise resting inside you like a gift, and it is he inside of you.

He visited the ruins of Babylon and the subterranean secret of Memphis and spent ten years alone in the great southern desert of Arabia — the Roba El Khaliyeh or " Empty Space " of the ancients — and " Dahna " or " Crimson " desert of the modern Arabs, which is held to be inhabited by protective evil spirits and monsters of death.

Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the ancient cities of Memphis, Giza and Fustat which are nearby to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.

Churches Uniting in Christ ( CUIC ) is an ecumenical organization that brings together ten mainline American denominations ( including both predominantly white and predominantly black churches ), and was inaugurated on January 20, 2002 in Memphis, TN on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.

There is reference on a Greek papyrus from 163 BCE to the procedure being conducted on girls in Memphis, the ancient Egyptian capital, and Strabo ( c. 64 BCE – c. 23 CE ), the Greek geographer, reported it when he visited Egypt in 25 BCE.

There are also recordings featuring the harmonica in jug bands, of which the Memphis Jug Band is the most famous.

Nashville is the second largest city in Tennessee, after Memphis, and the fourth largest city in the Southeastern United States.

For comparison, note that traditional first-past-the-post would elect Memphis, even though most citizens consider it the worst choice, because 42 % is larger than any other single city.

The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek.

Given that the decree was issued at Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, rather than Alexandria, the centre of government of the ruling Ptolemies, it is evident that the young king was anxious to gain their active support.

" 100 Miles from Memphis ( released July 20 on A & M Records ), the distance from her hometown to the music mecca, is an ode to her formative memories of music-and one that the label hopes can inspire young music fans to investigate the landscape beyond processed pop and Auto-Tune.

** Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

* c. 3100 BC — According to the legend, Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis.

Dunavant Enterprises, based in Memphis, Tennessee, is the leading cotton broker in Africa, with hundreds of purchasing agents.

A popular item in North Carolina and Memphis is the pulled pork sandwich served on a bun and often topped with coleslaw.

* The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is held annually in Memphis, Tennessee, during the Memphis in May festival.

In 1959 his band, still featuring Matt " Guitar " Murphy, cut LP Memphis Slim at the Gate of the Horn, which featured a lineup of his best known songs, including " Mother Earth ," " Gotta Find My Baby ," " Rockin ' the Blues ," ' Steppin ' Out ," and " Slim's Blues.

The song is best known for Jerry Lee Lewis's original recording, which was recorded in the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 8, 1957, and released as a 45rpm single on Sun 281 in November 1957.

DJ Paul rose to prominence as one of the best DJ-producers on the south side of Memphis, and met up with DJ / artist / producer Juicy J ( Jordan Houston ), also garnering buzz on the North side of Memphis.

Adept at tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, he was best known for his distinctive riffs and solos such as on " Yakety Yak ", which later became the inspiration for Boots Randolph's " Yakety Sax " and his own " Memphis Soul Stew ".

He is best known as one of original members of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia and for his melodic ' fast-rapping ' style similar to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

They then upset the Memphis Southmen, owners of the league's best record, to advance to the World Bowl against the Birmingham Americans.

" from St. Louis, Missouri, and from Memphis Tennessee, converging at Little Rock, Arkansas ; thence, via Preston, Texas, or as nearly so as may be found advisable, to the best point of crossing the Rio Grande, above El Paso and not far from Fort Fillmore ; thence along the new road being opened and constructed under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to Fort Yuma, California ; thence, through the best passes and along the best valleys for safe and expeditious staging, to San Francisco.

The news was picked up by every major newspaper in America and Elvis informed Priscilla that he and Colonel Tom Parker thought it best for her to " go back to Memphis till it calms down.

Mabon Lewis " Teenie " Hodges ( born 1946 ) is a Memphis, Tennessee musician, best known for his work as rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's popular soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, on Hi Records in the 1970s.

He was best known for his Hi Records label of the 1970s, which released albums by a large stable of popular Memphis soul artists, including Mitchell himself, Al Green, O. V. Wright, Syl Johnson and Ann Peebles.

Though most of his recordings were not best sellers, he is notable for being the first singer to record a blues song, the " Memphis Blues " by W. C.

He is best known for his work alongside his brother Charlie in Memphis Championship Wrestling and Jersey All Pro Wrestling.

Charlotte Denise " Charly " McClain ( born March 26, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States ) is an American country music singer, best known for series of country hits during the 1980s.

He is best known for his wrestling career in Georgia and Memphis throughout the 1980s.

Ginger Alden ( born November 13, 1956 ; Memphis, Tennessee ) is an American actress / model who is best known as being the fiancée of Elvis Presley at the time of his death.

For this diversity Midtown Memphis has been noted in several magazines for having " the best Memphis has to offer right at your doorstep.

The largest crowd of the season ( 35, 000 ) turned out in Birmingham to watch the two best teams ( the 8-3-0 Birmingham Vulcans and the 7-4-0 Memphis Southmen ) play ; Birmingham won 21-0.

The Memphis Tigers Pom Squad is recognized as one of the best collegiate dance squads in the country, having won national championships in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2011, and 2012.

Playing in the tough Central Division with the league's two best teams, Memphis ( 17-3 ) and Birmingham ( 15-5 ), made things even more difficult for the hapless Wheels.

White Station is recognized as one of the best high schools in Memphis, as well as in all of Tennessee.