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

A 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

Preston Lauterbach
Ricky Stevens
Brian Poust
Gary Sutcliffe
Gerrit Robs
Ray Newe
Vivid Sound UK
John Glassburner
David Batten
Frank Murphy
Kevin Kiley
Guy Wilmot
Denis Cavanaugh
Dallas Blues Society
Jyrki Ilva
Oliver MacDonald
Piet Hoens
Barry Fowden
William Mullins
Soulbag Magazine
Thomas Hyslop Jr
Blue Soul Records
Daniel Roth
Paul Mooney
Marcus Forrest
Derek Jack
Lydia Hurford
Gordon Robertson
Stefan Tijs
Michael Connolly
Geoffrey Johnson
Paul Mullen
Martin Cooper
Karl Fluch
Rudolf Klein
Brian Phillips
Telasource
Red Kelly
John Smith
Cies de Theye
Kevin Briscoe
Frederic Adrian
Bo Carlsson
Gregg Levethan
Floris Cooman
Sean Hampsey
Steven Feldman
Alan Shellard
Michael Finbow
David Mackey
Andrew Aitchison
John Lias
Barbara O'Keefe
John Ridley
Eric Karten
Erik Arne Forsell
David Cole
Danny Morrison
Heikki Suosalo
Richard Hebden
Cherrie Holden
Bill Cornell
Jo Springthorpe
Loretta James
Tony Rounce
Andrew Gohman
John Clark
Kushaan Sengupta
Lucky 13 Lounge, London
Mark Koomey
Samir Koeck
Steve Longworth
Emmanuel Darnet
Anne-Marie Esteves

O.V. WRIGHT CHICAGO 1975

Can anyone identify the other singers in this video?

LATEST NEWS:

6/10/08

CLICK HERE to read an article about O.V. that was submitted to us by the one and only Reverend Billy Wirtz.

Thanks, Rev!

5/8/08

On May 6th, London's Lucky 13 Lounge held an O.V. Wright Memorial fundraiser to help raise money for our worthy cause. According to host Mississippi Oliver McDonald; "We had an absolutely superb night - artists were me, Phil Lunn, Jason Panudy, Eddie's Brother, and we were fortunate enough also to have my friend Laura Stark play - she was a showcasing artist at SXSW in Austin ealier this year, and was recently in Memphis..." Sounds great!

The event raised $105. Our thanks to all who attended!