Which city has smaller namesakes and is the name of a rock 'n' roll classic hit?
Memphis took initial shape in the early 19th century. The founders named it for the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Egypt. Maybe most synonymous with the city's skyline, The Pyramid is so named because it is shaped thus, in turn alluding to its city's namesake. It was once a performance, sports and convention venue but since 2015 repurposed into a Bass Pro Shop superstore.
Nicknamed 'Home of the Blues', Memphis was formative in the development of countless blues, country and rock 'n' roll artists. While a native of relatively nearby St. Louis, Missouri, Chuck Berry penned 'Memphis, Tennessee' in 1959. After some initial tepid reception, Berry re-billed it in 1963 simply as 'Memphis', which reached #5 on Billboard.
Johnny Rivers created the best known cover of 'Memphis' (1964, #2 Billboard).
Memphis, Texas is on the south-most edge of the northern Panhandle, in a general area between Amarillo (north) and Lubbock (south); the name began with a postal error with a letter addressed to 'Memphis, Texas', then non-existent.
The Florida locale is a village around Bradenton on the middle Gulf of Mexico coast, named by a developer from Memphis, Tennessee.
Memphis is the seat of Scotland County, Missouri (in image), just west of the state's northeast corner county, Clark. The founders, perhaps unaware of the larger Tennessee namesake, also named it for the ancient Egyptian city.
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