- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Alex Cooley (1939-2015)
- Creator:
- Starrs, Chris
- Date of Original:
- 2006-02-17
- Subject:
- Promoters--Georgia--Atlanta
Businessmen--Georgia--Atlanta
Businesspeople--Georgia--Atlanta
Music trade--Georgia--Atlanta
Cooley, Alex, 1939- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Alex Cooley. Alex Cooley has been called "the unofficial mayor of Atlanta music" and credited as the man who brought rock and roll to Atlanta. In his thirty-five-year career as a concert promoter, Cooley has put on thousands of shows, bringing to his hometown almost every major musical act in the world for millions of music fans. He has owned and operated some of the city's legendary rock music nightclubs, in addition to founding the Music Midtown festival in 1994.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/alex-cooley-1939-2015/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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