Mighty Sound of the South

The Mighty Sound of the South is the school band that belongs to the University of Memphis in Memphis, TN.

The band performs at Memphis Tigers football games as a marching band and at Tigers basketball games as a pep band.

History

At the end of the 1962-1963 basketball season, the Tiger team had the distinction of being the only southern team to be invited to play in the National Invitational Tournament in Madison Square Garden. Thomas C. Ferguson, in only his second year as band director, was a big basketball fan, and furnished a pep band for every home game, which was not a given as it is today. He decided that his pep band should go to New York City, and he called the tournament committee for permission. They had to check into it, because a pep band had never before played for a basketball game in the Garden. They were given the green light to become the first.

Nineteen pep band members boarded a bus for New York City. They were determined to make a name for themselves - literally. Using markers and an old bed sheet, they fashioned a makeshift sign with the words "The Mighty Sound of the South" to humorously describe their modestly sized band. The basketball team went on to an impressive showing, and the name "The Mighty Sound of the South" is still used, in a more literal sense, for the 200+ member marching band.

A history of previous-thru-current directors / assistant directors of The Mighty Sound of The South is as follows:

Year Started	Year Ended	Name
1940	????	Lawrence "Pat" Cooney
1950	1952	Gaston Taylor
1953	1956	Ralph Hale
1957	1959	Olin Blickensderfer
1962	1974	Dr. Tom Ferguson
1968	1970	James Richens
1972	1986	Art Theil
1975	2002	Dr. Sidney McKay
1987	1998	Dr. James "Marty" Courtney
1999	1999	Geoff Carlton
2000	2011	Dr. Nicholas Holland
2002	2011	Dr. Kraig Williams
2008	????	Dr. Albert Nguyen
2011	2012	Dr. Quintus F. Wrighten, Jr.
2011	2016	Dan Kalantarian
2012	????	Armand V. Hall
2014	2016	Dan Kalantarian

The Mighty Sound of the South is officially charged with preserving the traditions of the Memphis Tigers and for performing “Go! Tigers! Go!” the University of Memphis Tigers’ fight song.^[1] The fight song was written by Tom Ferguson, former Director of Bands at Memphis State University during the 1960-1970s.

References

↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLKs3V2XL6Q Go! Tigers! Go! Lyrics and Performance

External links

The University of Memphis

Academics	University of Memphis University of Memphis, School of Law FedEx Institute of Technology Advanced Distributed Learning Workforce Co-Lab

Athletics	Memphis Tigers Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Football University of Memphis Stadium List of Memphis athletes FedEx Park Baseball Field, University of Memphis Mike Rose Soccer Complex University of Memphis Tennis Complex Elma Roane Fieldhouse

Journals	Southern Journal of Philosophy University of Memphis Law Review

Life	The Daily Helmsman Mighty Sound of the South FedEx Forum Art Museum at the University of Memphis WUMR TOM II TOM III Memphis Pom

Memphis Tigers football

Venues	Crump Stadium (1934–64) Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (1965–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas State: Paint Bucket Bowl Louisville Ole Miss Southern Miss: Black and Blue Bowl

Culture & lore	Pouncer TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South Miami Beach Brawl

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1922 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Memphis Tigers men's basketball

Venues	Various locations (1920–1929) Memorial Fieldhouse (1929–1966) Mid-South Coliseum (1966–1991) Pyramid Arena (1991–2004) FedExForum (2004–present)

Rivalries	Louisville

Culture & lore	Pouncer Newby's TOM (mascot) "Go Tigers Go" Mighty Sound of the South

People	Head coaches All-Americans NBA players Retired jerseys

Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Marching bands of the American Athletic Conference

Bearcat Band (Cincinnati) The Pride of Connecticut (Connecticut) Marching Pirates (East Carolina) Mighty Sound of the South (Memphis) Spirit of Houston (Houston) Mustang Band (SMU) Herd of Thunder (South Florida) Diamond Marching Band (Temple) Spirit of the Green Wave (Tulane) The Sound of the Golden Hurricane (Tulsa) Marching Knights (UCF)

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