Beale Street

Cultural  

1. A street in an African-American section of Memphis, Tennessee, famous for its blues music. It is memorialized in the famous “Beale Street Blues.”

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Example Sentences

He came to Beale Street in part to catch a glimpse of the National Guard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Since "Atlanta," he has stared in a collection of films, including "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Widows," "Bullet Train," and the "Spider-Verse" films.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

On Beale Street, Mr. Nichols took in the bright lights of the city’s cultural artery, where blues and rock ’n’ roll spill out onto the streets at night.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

In many ways it is two cities: One is Beale Street and blues, barbecue and Elvis.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023

All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the "Beale Street Blues" while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald