Wally Deane was officially inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Oct. of 2006. Inductee #298 places Wally with greats like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent,Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee lewis, Jonny Cash, Sam Phillips, Scotty Moore and so many more. Wally will be remembered for his un-forgettable style and singing qualities. Not to mention his lady killing ways.

Light melodies, sweet lyrics, wholesome singers. Innocent and inoffensive songs. All of this can be said about the music of the Early Fifties. Yet, all that white American complacency could not hold back the vitality of Black R&B music, so a whole new sound emerged - Rock and Roll. Most of the songs of the Early Fifties were "feel-good" tunes, which genuinely reflected the mood of post World War II America. Artists like Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney and Perry Como dominated pop charts. This bored the newly independent life form known as teenagers. Mom and Dad's music wasn't, you know, "cool, Daddy-O."

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Record Mart (Trumpet Record Company and Diamond Recording Studio), 309 N. Farish Street. Lillian Shedd McMurry passed away on March 18, 1999 after suffering a heart attack. Looking at a picture of her you would most likely guess her to be someone’s grandmother and certainly not the pioneering woman she really was. McMurry was the owner and founder of Trumpet - Globe Records, the Mississippi based labels that recorded important records by Sonny Boy Williamson, Elmore James, Big Joe Williams, Jerry McCain, Willie Love, Wally Deane and many others. McMurray was an integral part in meshing two musical styles into what would be known as rockabilly. Soon known as "Rock and Roll" McMurry’s place in history came about by chance. Her husband bought a hardware store in the black section of Jackson and she was asked to supervise the store’s inventory. She stumbled upon some “race records” which she began to listen to and then decided to sell them. The records sold well and she acquired more and began selling them on a full time basis. The hardware store was converted into a record store/furniture store called Record Mart-Furniture Bargains. It wasn’t long before Lillian got the idea to record her own records using the local talent which was plentiful. Soon Trumpet Records was born as one of the most influential recording studios in history.

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