Memphis-born singer Vera Little: From Manassas High to the Vatican
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John Bass
John Bass is the director of the Mike Curb Institute for Music at Rhodes College. He researches and teaches about Memphis music, and performs as a guitarist.
The home of the blues was also home to mezzo-soprano Vera Little, a pioneering artist with a commanding voice who was the first African American singer to perform for a pope.
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