While many knew Pervis Spann as a blues legend and a businessman, he was just Dad to Melody Spann Cooper.
. He began his radio career in the 1950s and later purchased WVON in the late 70s. He also owned radio stations in Memphis; Atlanta; and Jacksonville, Florida.
"Imagine in a very short period of time, going from sharecropping to shareholding," Spann Cooper said."You know, that was just amazing." Spann started as a DJ on WOPA radio. Then, Chess Records cofounder Leonard Chess took notice and hired Spann at WVON.He was also a concert promoter and a nightclub owner.
But even deeply immersed in the entertainment industry, Spann Cooper said her father had a strict code of conduct.Spann spent a record 87 hours nonstop on air to raise money for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights era.
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