Bill Lowery
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| Type: | Black-and-white photographs |
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| Title: | Bill Lowery |
| Description: | Photograph of Bill Lowery standing behind a microphone. Standing in front of a curtain, he smiles and faces forward. The microphone is emblazoned with the call letters "WGST." Lowery, known as "Mr. Atlanta Music," was a prominent disc jockey, producer, manager, and music publisher in the city from 1948 until his death in 2004. He was one of the first two inductees into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which he also helped to establish. |
| Subjects: | Disc jockeys--Georgia--Atlanta | Sound recording executives and producers--Georgia--Atlanta | Sound recording industry--Georgia--Atlanta | Music publishers--Georgia--Atlanta | Microphone | Lowery, Bill, 1924-2004 | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia | Georgia State University |
| Rights and Usage: | Courtesy of Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta. |
| Related Materials: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1720 | Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-9913 |
| Related Institutions: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) |
| Collection Information: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |