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The neighborhood got its nickname shortly after the global soul music explosion ignited here in the middle of the 20th century, but its credentials go way back. W.C. Handy, Memphis Slim and Memphis Minnie lived here before Aretha Franklin, Maurice White and Isaac Hayes would be associated with the neighborhood.