Pontotoc County developed a wide-ranging musical legacy that included African American blues artists such as Baby Face Leroy Foster, Lee Gates, R. C. Weatherall, and Terry "Harmonica" Bean, alongside white performers including Harmonica Frank Floyd, Jim Weatherly, Delaney Bramlett, and Cordell Jackson, who blended blues or rhythm and blues with country, rock 'n' roll, pop, or gospel. Ruby Elzy, an African American theatrical and classical vocalist born in Pontotoc, also included blues and spirituals in her repertoire. Musicians from Pontotoc County carried variations of the blues into many settings, from Chicago blues to Broadway, from medicine shows to rock concerts. Foster, born in Winston County and later living in Algoma, was known for work with the Muddy Waters band and for recordings that adapted Mississippi blues to Chicago's electric sound. Juilliard-trained Ruby Elzy performed in the original Broadway cast of Porgy and Bess and sang "Saint Louis Blues" in the 1941 film Birth of the Blues. Harmonica Frank Floyd, born in Toccopola according to most biographies, played guitar and harmonica at the same time and recorded for Chess and Sun in the early 1950s, puzzling buyers who often assumed he was black until he reappeared in 1972. Pontotoc-born Cordell Miller Jackson, later known as "Guitar Granny," built a cult following with a rough blend of blues and country and founded Moon Records in Memphis in 1956. Terry "Harmonica" Bean created a one-man guitar-and-harmonica act in the 1990s, recorded several CDs, traveled widely to festivals, and continued working in a Pontotoc furniture factory, while his father Eddie Bean and brothers Jerry Lee and Jimmy also performed. Lee Gates, born near Pontotoc, became one of Milwaukee's premier blues artists after moving to Wisconsin with his musical family. Pontotoc native Jim Weatherly, first active in rock, rhythm and blues, and blues bands, later became a successful country songwriter whose songs included "Midnight Train to Georgia." Delaney Bramlett, who learned blues from Pontotoc musician R. C. Weatherall, later honored Weatherall in "Poor Elijah" and paid tribute to his hometown with the song "Pontotoc."