Street being renamed for James Alexander of The Bar-Kays
James Alexander (left), and Carl Simms, both of Memphis, look out the window at the Madison Hotel in Madison, Wis., on Dec. 11, 1967. Below is the lake in which the plane bearing singer Otis Redding and seven others crashed a day earlier. Alexander and Simms were unable to board Redding's private plane in Cleveland because of lack of space. (AP Photo/File)
Located near the Stax Records studios where the the soul-funk collective recorded, Stafford Avenue is scheduled to get a new name on April 24: James E. Alexander Avenue.
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