Mighty Sound of the South

The Mighty Sound of the South is the marching band that represents and performs for the University of Memphis in Memphis, TN. There are 185 members as of the 2024 season.

The band plays 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 Memphis State University basketball team had the distinction of being the only southern team invited to play in the National Invitational Tournament in Madison Square Garden. Thomas C. Ferguson, in only his second year as band director, decided the school's pep band should go to New York City to support these games. A pep band had never before played for a basketball game in the Garden, but they were to become the first.

Nineteen pep band members boarded a bus for New York City and using markers and an old bed sheet, they fashioned a makeshift sign with the words "The Mighty Sound of the South" and the name is still used for members of the current University of Memphis marching band.

Previous-thru-current directors / assistant directors of The Mighty Sound of The South:

Year Started Year Ended Name
1940 1950 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 current Dr. Albert Nguyen
2011 2012 Dr. Quintus F. Wrighten, Jr.
2011 2016 Dan Kalantarian
2012 2014 Dr. Armand V. Hall
2014 2016 Dan Kalantarian
2017 current Dr. William J. Plenk


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

  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLKs3V2XL6Q Go! Tigers! Go! Lyrics and Performance

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