John Pemberton John Pemberton John Stith Pemberton ( – ) was an American pharmacist whom is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become world-famous as Coca-Cola, but sold his rights to the drink shortly before his death. Pemberton was born on , in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent most of his childhood in Rome, Georgia. His parents were James C. Pemberton and Martha L. Gant. He entered the Reform Medical College of Georgia in Macon, Georgia, and in 1850, at the age of nineteen, he earned his medical
Dr. John singles chart, eventually reaching #71. In 2003, "Dr. John's Gumbo" was ranked number 404 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. With "Gumbo", Dr. John expanded his career beyond the psychedelic voodoo music and theatrics which had driven his career since he took on the Dr. John persona, although it has always remained an integral part of his music and identity. It was not until 1998's "Anutha Zone" that he again concentrated on this aspect of his music wholly for a full album. "After we cut the new record", he wrote, "I decided I'd