Christine Chatman Circa 1920-1979

Christine Chatman Circa 1920-1979 is a Tennessee historical marker in Madison County.

580 South Royal Street, Jackson (Madison County), Tennessee 38301

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Christine Chatman, a celebrated multi-instrumentalist, was born circa 1920 in Jackson. She began playing the piano at age 3. By age 18 she toured the Midwest with the Leake Brothers Combo before establishing her own band, the Christine Chatman Orchestra. After her 1944 debut single, “Naptown Boogie” on Decca Records, she became famous as the “Boogie Wooqie Queen.” She played piano on sessions with R&B legend Hank Ballard in the1950s. At the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas, Chatman's band backed singers like Lou Rawls, Frank Sinatra, and Dinah Washington. Chatman died December 3, 1979 in Jackson.

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Historical maps covering this location

1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map XVIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1950 · Jackson South, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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