Editing Missouri (section)

==Culture==

===Music===
{{main|Music of Missouri}}
[[File:The Gem Theatre.jpg|thumb|The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned [[18th and Vine Jazz District]]]]

Many well-known musicians were born or have lived in Missouri. These include guitarist and rock pioneer [[Chuck Berry]], singer and actress [[Josephine Baker]], "Queen of Rock" [[Tina Turner]], pop singer-songwriter [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]] of the [[Doobie Brothers]], rap producer [[Metro Boomin]], and rappers [[Nelly]], [[Chingy]], and [[Akon]], all of whom are either current or former residents of St. Louis.

Country singers from Missouri include Perryville native [[Chris Janson]], [[New Franklin, Missouri|New Franklin]] native [[Sara Evans]], [[St. Francois County, Missouri|Cantwell]] native [[Ferlin Husky]], [[West Plains, Missouri|West Plains]] native [[Porter Wagoner]], [[Tyler Farr]] of [[Garden City, Missouri|Garden City]], and [[Mora, Missouri|Mora]] native [[Leroy Van Dyke]], along with bluegrass musician [[Rhonda Vincent]], a native of [[Greentop, Missouri|Greentop]]. Rapper [[Eminem]] was born in St. Joseph and also lived in Savannah and Kansas City. Ragtime composer [[Scott Joplin]] lived in St. Louis and Sedalia. Jazz saxophonist [[Charlie Parker]] lived in Kansas City. Rock and Roll singer [[Steve Walsh (musician)|Steve Walsh]] of the group [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] was born in St. Louis and grew up in St. Joseph.

The [[Kansas City Symphony]] and the [[St. Louis Symphony Orchestra]] are the state's major orchestras. The latter is the nation's second-oldest symphony orchestra and achieved prominence in recent years under conductor [[Leonard Slatkin]]. [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]] is well known for its music theaters, most of which bear the name of a star performer or musical group.

===Literature===
[[File:TwainBoyhoodHomeMuseum.jpg|thumb|[[Mark Twain]]'s boyhood home in [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]]]]

Missouri is the native state of [[Mark Twain]]. His novels ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' are set in his boyhood hometown of [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]]. Authors [[Kate Chopin]], [[T. S. Eliot]] and [[Tennessee Williams]] were from St. Louis. Kansas City-born writer [[William Least Heat-Moon]] resides in [[Rocheport, Missouri|Rocheport]]. He is best known for ''[[Blue Highways]]'', a chronicle of his travels to small towns across America, which was on The New York Times Bestseller list for 42 weeks in 1982–1983. Novelist [[Daniel Woodrell]], known for depicting life in the Missouri Ozarks, was born in Springfield and lives in West Plains.

===Sports===
{{Main|Sports in Missouri}}
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Missouri hosted the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] at [[St. Louis]], the first time the games were hosted in the United States.

Professional major league teams:
* [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]: '''[[St. Louis Cardinals]]''', '''[[Kansas City Royals]]'''
* [[National Football League|NFL]]: '''[[Kansas City Chiefs]]'''
* [[National Hockey League|NHL]]: '''[[St. Louis Blues]]'''
* [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]: '''[[St. Louis City SC]]'''

Former professional major league teams:
* '''[[National Football League]]''':
** [[St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)|St. Louis Cardinals]] (moved from Chicago in 1960; moved to [[Tempe, Arizona]], in 1988 and are now the [[Arizona Cardinals]])
** [[St. Louis All Stars]] (active in 1923 only)
** [[Kansas City Blues/Cowboys]] (active 1924–1926, folded)
** [[St. Louis Gunners]] (independent team, joined the NFL for the last three weeks of the 1934 season and folded thereafter)
** [[St. Louis Rams]] 1995–2015 moved from Los Angeles and then back to Los Angeles
* '''[[Major League Baseball]] ([[American League]])''':
** [[St. Louis Browns]] (moved from [[Milwaukee]] in 1902; moved to [[Baltimore]], Maryland after the 1953 season and are now the [[Baltimore Orioles]])
** [[Kansas City Athletics]] (moved from [[Philadelphia]] in 1955; moved to [[Oakland]], California after the 1967 season and are now the [[Oakland Athletics]])
* '''[[National Basketball Association]]''':
** [[St. Louis Bombers (NBA)|St. Louis Bombers]] (charter [[Basketball Association of America|BAA]] franchise in 1946, joined the NBA when it formed in 1949; ceased operations in 1950)
** [[St. Louis Hawks]] (moved from [[Milwaukee]] in 1955; moved to [[Atlanta]] in 1968 and are now the [[Atlanta Hawks]])
** [[Kansas City Kings]] (moved from [[Cincinnati]] in 1972; moved to [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] in 1985 and are now the [[Sacramento Kings]]; prior to locating in Kansas City, they were known as the [[Cincinnati Royals]])
* '''[[National Hockey League]]''':
** [[Kansas City Scouts]] (1974 expansion team, moved to [[Denver]], Colorado in 1976 and became the [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]], and would move again to [[Newark, New Jersey]]; now called the [[New Jersey Devils]])
** [[St. Louis Eagles]] (1934 relocation of the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|original Ottawa Senators]], folded after the 1934–35 season)
* '''[[Major League Soccer]]''':
** [[Sporting Kansas City#Early years (1996–1999)|Kansas City Wiz/Kansas City Wizards]] (founded in 1995, but moved from [[Kansas City, Missouri]], to [[Kansas City, Kansas]], in 2010 and became [[Sporting Kansas City]])