Event Dime

Book Talk: Do My Heart Good with Cleve Francis

When:

September 5, 2026 · 2:30 PM

Where:

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, 222 Rep John Lewis Way S., Nashville, TN

Source:

6AM City Nashville – Events

**Cleve Francis** is a dual pioneer: both a Black recording artist in country music and a respected cardiologist who led his own medical practice. He tells his fascinating story in his new book, *Do My Heart Good: My Odyssey Through Country Music, Medicine, and History*, which recounts the journey of a young man born into poverty in rural Louisiana who grew to be a successful medical doctor and one of the few Black artists ever to record country music for a major record label as of the 1990s. Th