OVERTON VERTIS WRIGHT
1939-1980
This is the home page of the O.V. WRIGHT MEMORIAL FUND.
The fund was started in March of 2008 to honor the memory of this great Soul Singer by placing a monument on his unmarked grave down in Memphis, Tennessee. You can help make this dream a reality by clicking below to make your own donation via PayPal or your credit card:
DONATE TO THE O.V. WRIGHT MEMORIAL FUND
You can also click on the 45s at right to listen to some of Wright's incredible records, and read what Red Kelly had to say about them.
Here's some more great articles:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T for O.V.
by Preston
Lauterbach at the Backroads of American
Music
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Nickel and a Nail
by Gavin Newe at Testify
We welcome any and all contributions. Please do not hesitate to contact us with yours.
Please continue to monitor this site, as we hope to expand it in the near future, and will keep you posted. If you have already made a donation (bless your heart) you are on our email list as well.
We are also hoping to organize some sort of event in conjunction with all of this... perhaps a tribute concert in Memphis this fall. Please watch this space for future developments.
Thank You.
- The O.V. Wright Memorial Fund Team
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