
What is recorded here
Belfast music history claims the Maritime Hotel as the birthplace of local rhythm and blues in April 1964. The hotel no longer stands, but the blue plaque on College Square North preserves the address where that sound first entered the city.
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Maritime Hotel birthplace of Rhythm 'n' Blues in Belfast April 1964 stood on this site Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster History Circle.
The Maritime Hotel, standing on this site, was the birthplace of Rhythm 'n' Blues in Belfast in April 1964, marking a significant cultural moment in Northern Ireland's musical history.
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