IntroductionThe Walk of Stars award was created to recognize individuals from northwest Louisiana who are distinguished in their professional and/or civic endeavors or who have brought recognition and attention to the area, and who have been involved in those activities for at least five years. The honorees may come from any profession or industry including, but not limited to, athletics, music, acting, business, politics, education and community service.
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Find the Northwest Louisiana Walk of Stars under the Texas
Street Bridge, east of Commerce Street in the Red River District, downtown Shreveport. |
Honorees Recently Added to the Walk of Stars
During a public ceremony held in conjunction with the Red River Revel, Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the following were recognized and posthumously inducted into the Northwest Louisiana Walk of Stars.
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William B. & Samuel G. Wiener
2022 Posthumous Inductees Shreveport-born half-brothers Samuel G. and William B. Wiener set the architectural world on its ear in the 1930s, following a trip to Europe. There, they learned about a style of architecture known as “modernism” – a style they brought back to the United States and began implementing around Shreveport. For a time, this made Shreveport the showcase of Modernist architecture for the entire country. More than a dozen examples of the Wiener Brothers’ design work still stand today around the Shreveport/Bossier area. Among them are houses in the South Highland neighborhood and Woodlawn High School. Although they were widely known in the architectural community for their ground-breaking achievements, their work was little-known by the general public until the Louisiana Architecture Foundation commissioned a documentary film about them. Shreveport-based Rational Middle Media Group and its owner, Gregory Kallenberg, wrote, directed, and produced the film – Unexpected Modernism: The Wiener Brothers’ Story -- which made its debut in 2019. That documentary was based on a book by Karen Kinglsey and Guy Carwile called The Modernist Architecture of Samuel G. and William B. Wiener. Samuel Wiener passed away in 1977. William Wiener died 4 years later in 1981. |
Nat Stuckey
2022 Posthumous Inductee Although he grew up in Atlanta, TX, it was the time he spent in Shreveport that really catapulted Nat Stuckey to stardom. After working for a small Atlanta radio station, he landed a job as a staff announcer at Shreveport’s KWKH. When it was learned that he could also sing and play guitar, he became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride. Nat recorded a dozen songs for Shreveport-based Paula Records before signing with RCA and, later, with MCA. He was also a song-writer who wrote hit songs for a number of other artists. Among those was “Waitin’ in your Welfare Line,” which became a number-one hit for Buck Owens and “Pop a Top,” which was a huge hit for Jim Ed Brown. Nat also voiced and sang many national commercials for companies like Coca Cola, McDonald’s, and Budweiser. He had his own talent-booking agency in Nashville, a land development company, and a woodworking business. He even dabbled in veterinary work. Nat Stuckey’s life was cut short by cancer in 1988, at the young age of 54. 
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