вЂњSomeone from the coalfields of West Virginia ventured out and pursued their career and made it!вЂќ Ellison exclaimed.Д®llison is kind of a Renaissance man and he has other interests besides the music business. MusicВ was his ticket out.В He taught himself to play guitar at 13 with a guitar his older brother brought back from the army.В He moved toВ Rochester,В NewВ YorkВ at 17В and has been playing ever since. DonвЂ™t let anyone kill your dream because dreams become reality,вЂ™вЂќ Ellison said.Д®llisonвЂ™sВ family moved toВ McDowellВ County when he was eight.В His father worked as a coal miner,В and he experienced extreme poverty and racism. вЂњMy message is, вЂHold onto your dreams, there are a lot of dream killers in the world. Ellison said he hopes to motivate people in his hometown and do whatever he can to promote the area. The city is planning to put upВ aВ sign recognizingВ EllisonвЂ™sВ birthplace and the famous song he wrote. West Virginia native Homer Hickam visits WV Teacher of the YearвЂ™s classroom вЂњHis testimony and what he did in this world and what heвЂ™s done and to know that he was born right here on the banks of the Kanawha River in Montgomery, West Virginia weвЂ™re just so happy and proud of him,вЂќ Ingram said. InВ October,В MontgomeryВ MayorВ GregВ Ingram and the city council honoredВ EllisonВ with a key to the city for his contributions to music. Ellison back in Montgomery,вЂќ said Mayor Greg Ingram. But his roots are in the mountain state.В HeВ was born in Montgomery, West Virginia and spent his early childhood here. ItвЂ™s been recorded by more than 60 artists, including Grand Funk Railroad, Joss Stone, Conway Twitty and Rod Stewart.Д®llisonВ was inducted into theВ WestВ VirginiaВ MusicВ Hall ofВ Fame in 2015 and hasВ performedВ all over the world like the Porretta Soul Festival in Italy. в„— 1987 MCA Records, Inc.Former mayor recognized as the 2021 New Spirit of Hinton, West VirginiaДuring that вЂњLive on the LeveeвЂќ concert, Ellison was presented with proclamations from the State of West Virginia and the City of Charleston.Д®llisonВ is best known for writing the songВ вЂњSomeВ Kind ofВ WonderfulвЂќВ in 1967 and first performing it with the Soul Brothers Six. TM & Copyright В© 1986 Paramount Pictures Corporation. Lick The Tins appear courtesy of Sedition Records Ltd. The March Violets appear courtesy of London Records, Ltd. The Jesus And Mary Chain appear courtesy of Blanco y Negro / WEA Records Ltd. Pete Shelley appears courtesy of Phonogram Ltd.ДЇurniture appear courtesy of Stiff Records.ДЇlesh For Lulu appear courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records. (ASCAP) / Tritec Songs Limited (PRS).ДЄll songs - All rights reserved.

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