Famous Celebrity Graves at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis
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Jeff explores the graves of some well-known celebrities inside of Memphis, Tennessee's Memorial Park Cemetery, including Elvis Presley's confidant Red West, country singer Charlie Rich, soul and jazz singer Isaac Hayes, record producer Sam Phillips and singer Jimmy Griffin of the rock band "Bread."
#charlierich #isaachayes #memphiscemetery #redwest #bread
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Charlie Rich was a staple of my childhood since he was one of my parents favorite singers 💖
I’m from Memphis Tennessee and that cemetery has always been just as beautiful as it is!! Love my home and miss it there so much!!
@whiskeyrun4996
4 жыл бұрын
I am from NASHVILLE and we have several country music stars buried here sad to say, COWBOY COPUS, RANDY HUGHES HAWKSHAW HAWKINS, WHO WERE IN THE PLANE CRASH WITH THE GREAT patsy cline WHO IS BURIED IN HER HOMETOWN IN VIRGINA, SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS, dOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 20 MILES IS Springfield Tenn HOME OF A CHARACTER KNOWN AS THE TRICK MAN A CON ARTIST WHO SOLD A COURTHOUSE, A BRIDGE AND A JAIL TO NAME A FEW, REASON I AM REFERRING TO HIM IS ON THE HEADSTONE HE HAD MADE[ HE STILL ALIVE ] IT SAYS, WHISKEY GLASSES AND WOMENS ASSES IS WHAT PUT ME HERE BUT MAN WHAT A RIDE, BOTH CEMETEARYS SAID NO TO HIM BEING BURIED THEIR BECAUSE OF THE HEADSTONE, I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT THE OWNERS SAY ITS IN BAD TASTE. BUT NOT GIVING THE LAST WORD ON IT THE TRICK MAN SAID WELL IF THEY DONT LET ME GET BURIED THEIR THEN FUCK EM I WANT DIE,
@johndixon6221
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Germantown. Used to fish and swim in Charlie Richs house at Walnut Grove. Love and miss my home,too.
@sheilac1845
4 жыл бұрын
sheila lawrence I grew up there too, miss it everyday ❣️ Grew up on Marcel Street off Summer Ave East Memphis
@johndixon6221
4 жыл бұрын
@@sheilac1845 i have been trying to get back for 40 years! Glad you commented. Sometimes I feel like the only one! I would love to chat with you about OUR home.
@katrinastokes6620
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
Charlie Rich and his wife were REALLY close! Both were born in December, ONE day apart and died in July 3 days apart !!
@three6ohchris
2 жыл бұрын
Well, I suppose that's correct, however she made it almost exactly 15 years longer than he did... Or you be technical: 14 years, 11 months and 27 days. Lol. It's interesting to see how often couples that have been married for so long, tend to pass so close to each other.
@Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL
2 жыл бұрын
@@three6ohchris I had an aunt and uncle that died exactly 12 hours apart, to the second!
@myrel543
Ай бұрын
@@Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL Wow
Thanks! This tour was GREAT 😁! You gave us a history lesson from music to a famous train robbery to a famous comic strip! This history show has something for everyone!
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
John Smithkey thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Please subscribe and tell your friends please! We’re trying to grow our subscriber base!
Ronnie Caldwell of the original Bar-Kays (passed away with Otis Redding), Memphis DJ/Television personality George Klein, Elvis' personal physician George Nichopolous, Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T and the MG's, Elvis friend Richard Davis are just a few other celebrities buried at this cemetery.
RIP Isaac Hayes aka the chef. #SouthPark
My mom loved the band “Bread” she would always tell us the first record she ever bought was from them.
Red West was also in Road House...played well...Red
@jameshalljr.5705
4 жыл бұрын
John Olson He owned the parts store
I'm glad to see that i'm not the only person who appreciates cemeteries - so much time, effort, and artistry goes into a cemetery. Thank you for sharing this one
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Casey Coppi you put it very nicely! Cemeteries should be a nice living triple to the dead. Thanks for watching and commenting again!
@Skycop51
2 жыл бұрын
When it's done Like this is done. Classy.
Love Charlie Rich,love his music,sadly miss
Thank you, I never knew where “BLACK MOSES” was buried..Issac Hayes.
@originalkingalpha5116
Жыл бұрын
His grandmother and my grandmother were friends; and after she passed away Issac had my grandmother picked up in a limousine from her house to attend the funeral.✌🏽
Isaac H. Was also the voice of Chef on South Park
@melodymakermark
4 жыл бұрын
“When a man, loves a woman”.... “And ya wait and ya wait and she’s still in the bathroom”.. - Chef
@mavericknonconformist69721
3 жыл бұрын
Salty chocolate balls.
Such a great video. I too, luv Charlie Rich. My favorite song was "Behind closed doors!" and I loved Isaac Hayes as well. Thank u for such a great video.😉👍
@drummond5429
4 жыл бұрын
If you dont know yet, I think you would like the channel "Hollywood graveyard".
@vernareed2692
4 жыл бұрын
I think i remember isaac hayes had part in movie pretty woman.
@faithlogsdon7449
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite was "I'll wake up up when I get home" It's wonderful for someone you love to know that when you get home to them you want just them.
Love the way you go about it.. We generally visit country grave yards on our motorcycle trips. Very respectful the way you do it. Cheers from downunder.
You should go to Rosehill cemetery in Macon, GA. So much to see there. All the Allman Brothers are buried there.
@jbenziggy
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to get there someday! "I was born a ramblin' man." Thanks for the suggestion!
@perijetton9275
3 жыл бұрын
@History Hunters it’s beautiful. It has so much history. The instrumental Elizabeth Reed was from a grave there. I’m a huge Allman Brothers fan also but it also has so much more to offer. I hope you will be able to make it there someday.
You can call A cemetery Beautiful, its Beautiful their..And Extremely clean,As I expect A cemetery to be,very clean and kept up..
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! And I wish I had more time there during my Memphis visit! Thanks for watching!
@sadiehill6792
4 жыл бұрын
Laura looks like Dwight yokem
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
@@sadiehill6792 yes I see the resemblance! LOL! Good observation!
@jamesellison2322
4 жыл бұрын
I am from Memphis and my dads mom is buried there,I don't go there much but drive by there every day and it has a very nice grotto.I wasn't close to my dads mother at all that why I don't go.
@cindylawrence1515
3 жыл бұрын
Well, in the South, they honor their dead and their resting places in a way people up north, with its throw-away culture never do.....
I had never heard of a lot of these people before but their stories are interesting. Thank you for the tour. 😀💕
This channel should be more popular
"You Can't keep Someone from Being Themself." - Red West
Smashing the like button..TCB⚡
I love The Silver Fox.Tony
Charlie Rich was a handsome old man..
Enjoyed your video…ThankYou for your time and efforts in putting them together…
What a grèat cemetery! Alot of famous performers there. Really great job Jeff, showing all those photos most of us have never seen. Missed seeing Sarah there.
Great tour of this cemetery Jeff... I appreciate your knowledge and sharing it with your subscribers and fans.
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, as always!
My friend is is buried in Memorial Park , Memphis next to his wife ! Bob Welch his wife Wendy died two years later in her sleep she was a super intelligent and beautiful woman , I never thought I’d meet someone like Bob we met at Wendell Smith’s Restaurant in West Nashville he was warm and real I miss him I was honored to call him friend ! Charlie Rich ended his career because of alcoholism! Red was in a movie Roadhouse with Patrick Swayse fascinating man !
Another great ride! I'm now 5 hours from Memphis and one day.... Thanks for the tour. 👍
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey! I just found your channel! Thanks for taking me on a journey that I can’t do on my own. Much appreciated 😊
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
RuthieSeptember Thank you for watching my channel and I would love to have you as a subscriber! Glad you enjoyed my trip to Memphis!
Thank you for posting, awesome!
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing Jeff
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Linda Lucas you’re welcome! Thanks for watching! Our channel is growing!
Hi Jeff. Just watched this old one and loved it. If you are still looking for Sam Phillips I’m right here ;). Merry Christmas
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Nope, the dead one. Lol. Merry Christmas!!!
You need to do more of these. Excellent job of giving the history of these people.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
David Mahanna thank you! I will be doing lots more videos and I hope I can count on you being a subscriber! I appreciate you reaching out to me! Jeff
Thanks for the videos and please keep doing your videos have been watching your vid for a long while really en watching these videos thank you again
Great vid, loads of detail about the people that have past away...THANK U
All my family is buried there. It is so beautiful. ❤️
The problem with KZread is it gives too many people the chance to falsely accuse others of being racist. Ignore those idiots. Great video!
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
TheEnd thank you! Yeah lots of people easily dispense the criticism and name calling but judge unfairly. I appreciate you watching and giving me positive feedback.
@cecilia8015
4 жыл бұрын
@Cody Jones It’s easy to say when the racism is not pointed at you. You don’t care because it wasn’t degrading to your race, so of course you understand how people are being called out as racist.
Interesting video! Thank you!
Charlie rich another one of my favorite country singers
Very short tribute to Isaac Hayes. He was more of a music icon than shown here.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
I could probably have done a longer segment on Mr. Hayes but as I explained in the outset it was an impromptu visit to the cemetery since we were in Memphis for two full days and the cemetery was closing as the sun was going down. I hope you appreciate that I did include a nice segment on him, even though it was too short. Thanks for watching!
@robertwilletts4122
4 жыл бұрын
In his own genre of music maybe yeah
@ebonyepps2261
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly... if you're going to pay homage to anyone do it right.
@rachelewilliams2630
4 жыл бұрын
Very true its more to him songwriter producer actor humanitarian activist husband father and much more
@rachelewilliams2630
4 жыл бұрын
@@robertwilletts4122 in all genres he was Period!
Thanks for the tour. I enjoyed this
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you watching and hope you will subscribe/ Jeff
Great video thanks.
Great Video Jeff,Its Nice to know where the famous people are buried.it's a nice cemetery to.looking forward to see your next video.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great feedback! I appreciate you watching and sharing my interest in history and cemeteries. More videos are in the works!
Great video man. Definitely will visit that cemetery next time I'm in Memphis.
Very interesting video. In your tribute to Jimmy Griffin, you played the Bread classic "Everything I Own" which is actually sung by David Gates. Jimmy did write the song "For All We Know" which was a big hit for The Carpenters and that song won the Academy Award for best song.
awesome video. nice cemetery, thanks for sharing
Love this episode! Red was in Road House and his name was Red! He ran an auto parts store... and wasn’t Isaac Hayes married to Peggy Lipton of Mod Squad? Again another outstanding episode 👍👍
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@nuttinhoney80
2 жыл бұрын
Hi James, Peggy Lipton was married to Quincey Jones. He was a record producer.
@jamesminear2336
2 жыл бұрын
@@nuttinhoney80 you are absolutely right! And they had 2 daughters I believe and Peggy past away just a few years back
Great vlog ty for sharing 😂🇨🇦🇨🇦
Another great video! We'll have to check this cemetery out next time we're in Memphis!
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
You should! Thanks!
Another great video. Working my way through your videos as I’m new to your channel. Sharon UK 🇬🇧
What a wonderful video!
I. Really. Love. Your. Program's. Please. Keep. Making. Them. Thank. You
@jbenziggy
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! We are always thinking of the next show to video!
Hello.loved this video.I love seeing graves of celebrates
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed, Teresa!
Love your videos!!!
@jbenziggy
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you love them, Len! And we appreciate you telling us that you do!
Love the way you show a bit about each person and was surprised i knew nearly all of them Well donexx
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lindsay! Your comments make me smile!
So interesting, thanks Jeff !
@jbenziggy
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much! We certainly appreciate good folks like you who enjoy what we do! A new video will be out tomorrow!
That was really neat
Some very interesting facts I didn’t know 👍🦅🇺🇸
Great video, wonderful content.👀👍
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Bubbles!
Still a Cool Video. Thank You for sharing.
Nice video
First time I watched your channel and I subscribed... Ty
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome! Happy that you found us!!!
Nice job Jeff! Best, Alan
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Alan! I had fun on that trip!
thanks for your tours, I find them interesting and quite relaxing
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Byrd II wow thanks! You made my day! I have another one coming out soon that I think you’ll find entertaining and interesting and relaxing!
@kennethbyrdii5656
4 жыл бұрын
History Hunters right on brother...I'll be sure to look for them
Thanks very interesting.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Raymond. T Charlton. Jr thank you for watching!
I'm an old Aircraft maintenance guy (USAF) and I loved Red West as the grizzled maintenance NCO in "Baa Baa Black Sheep".
Good to see you do Memphis! I live about 2 hours from Memphis.Thanks for your stories!
@jbenziggy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! This is a really old one! LOL
Good video. Very interesting.
GODBLESS
Respectfully filmed.. love to the past people.x
Charlie Rich and Johnny Cash. I still have their 8 tracks that were a big part of my life many sunsets ago. I saw Johnny at the Allentown Fair in Pa, but I never saw Charlie perform.
Watching your visit was like deja vu. I was there this May, but haven't uploaded my visit yet. I stayed at a hotel just down the street from this cemetery. You really did a nice job. Every KZreadr I watch seemed to visit Tennessee cemeteries this part summer. Very weird :-)
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Steve! I appreciate your compliments coming from you!
U lost your audio in the middle of talking about Jimmy Griffin.
@kathyrau9551
4 жыл бұрын
Oh good I'm not the only one that noticed that as well
@tonyabarlow6908
3 жыл бұрын
@@kathyrau9551 exactly I thought it was my phone
Thx for sharing
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
J. Sanchez you’re welcome! Thanks for watching. I can’t for the life of me figure out why this video has gotten an astronomical amount of views compared to my others.
@j.sanchez2538
4 жыл бұрын
@@jbenziggy give it some time, people eventually will come across
nice history thank you
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
Great video! I like channels like this and Hollywood graveyard.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Vinicius Drummond thank you! I hope we can count on you as a subscriber!
@josepaltarriba5436
3 жыл бұрын
Buen video. Muchas gracias
Yes loved Charlie rich great video
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
I like his music now more than when I was a kid and my Mom played him incessantly! LOL! Thanks for watching! I hope you'll become a subscriber to my channel!
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
mark lawson thanks buddy! I appreciate it!
Great video….I’m Annie…your new subscriber. Have a great week.
First time viewer. I love Memphis and Elvis. I did subscribe. Keep up the good work.
May they all rip now in heaven
I did like what I saw and am now a subscriber.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Kitty Richardson well thank you and welcome!!! We appreciate you joining our channel!! We’re growing fast!
It is a shame that Vernon fired them. If he would have listened and Elvis himself, he could have been with us much longer.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Kathleen Norris yeah Vernon seemed like a hard man but I obviously didn’t know him. Thanks for watching. Have you subscribed to my channel? Would love to have you aboard! Thanks, Jeff.
You forgot to mention that Red West was in the movie Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze....
@Pwrcritter
4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing..
@bubbapacha7672
4 жыл бұрын
played red didnt he???
@charlesflinnill978
4 жыл бұрын
Red was the most famous of the bunch
@kln58cub
4 жыл бұрын
@@charlesflinnill978 he had a career before Elvis
@spiritwings4592
4 жыл бұрын
@@charlesflinnill978 SAM ELLIOTT WAS THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL OF THEM
Beautiful resting place
Most enjoyable, after the loud music at start.
Nice video!
@jbenziggy
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit!
Well done mate
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Kingsley!
Billy Stallings, The Spa Guy has featured Red’s grave on his You Tube channel. I think George Klein is buried there too. He may have passed after you did this. Great video!
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I've watched Spa Guy (but I think he needs to change his name to the Elvis Guy). LOL
@LindaD68
2 жыл бұрын
@@jbenziggy ~ spaguy needs to do MORE RESEARCH for his channel himself and quit using young people( i.e. ASHLEY DREW ADVENTURES on KZread, Facebook and Instagram ) to do his work and then STEAL their finds from them and take all the credit himself and only refer to them as his “ SIDEKICKS”. He’s very rude and arrogant and thinks he knows ALL THINGS ABOUT ELVIS and CLEARLY HE DOES NOT! Check out his appearance on “ Gates of Graceland” about SUPPOSEDLY, ( when the truth is Ashley Drew found the bicycle) finding Elvis’s bicycle and read the comments on how HE “BOUGHT” HIS WAY on the show. He loves the notoriety while all the while stepping all over other people to get it. By the way, love your channel and just liked and subscribed. 👍🏻. Your video popped up on KZread as I was scrolling. Keep up the good work. 🤩. I guess needless to say am a BIG ELVIS FAN! Thanks for all your hard work. 👏👏👏
This was very good ....just subscribed....
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
John Kelsey I am honored! Welcome aboard! This is Jeff. Can you tell me how you found this Memphis video. I don’t understand why it has gotten the views unlike my other ones. I’m flabbergasted.
@johnkelsey2482
4 жыл бұрын
Jeff, It just popped up on the Right side of the youtube screen with random videos....John
Should had mentioned Red West played in Road House and an episode in Little House on the Prairie.
Lost audio at 6:07
I actually remembered Red West from the movie road house.
@mavericknonconformist69721
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@presley007
4 жыл бұрын
Red Webster
@richardchristman8913
4 жыл бұрын
@@presley007 West!
@presley007
4 жыл бұрын
@@richardchristman8913 It was red Webster. In Roadhouse
I thought Sonny West would have been there...oh well . Thanks for the vid.
@kirkleythomas9280
4 жыл бұрын
Jeff Brown BBC Carpet Care Sonny is buried in Gallatin, Tennessee just outside of Nashville. I think the name of the cemetery is Crestview Memory Gardens.
Subscribed
@jbenziggy
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome and Thank you!
Please next time turn down the background music
@foxmulder4269
3 жыл бұрын
Music is fine here on my side
@kathrynmast916
2 жыл бұрын
Too loud, so I turned on the closed caption.
@rinaticson390
2 жыл бұрын
I turned on my closed captioning too.
@vicki9929
Жыл бұрын
Agree.
Good old Memphis. We have family friends buried there
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Jared Callahan I hope you enjoyed the video. I was quite taken with that particular cemetery. Are your relatives buried there? Hey won’t you consider becoming a subscriber of our channel? We would love to have you!
OOOH WOW R. I. P. TO ALL
Great video
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This counters the negative remark I got two hours ago from some guy who told me not to quit my day job, as if that was my goal. Thanks!
@Mysteryman11850
4 жыл бұрын
History Hunters people are so ridiculous. It’s always the ones who contribute nothing that have the most negative remarks it would seem. Don’t listen to the naysayers. The way you’ve linked music in your video and the camera work and narration are all very good and the passion and interest combined with those elements make your work very entertaining. I’ve been watching different channels lately covering the same subject material and your doing a fine job no doubt.
@jbenziggy
4 жыл бұрын
Billy Davis thank you very much for the encouragement. I guess some people show their jealousy that way!
Thank you and wanted to let you know that Red West also stared with Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse
I love The Silver Fox.Tony has spoken.