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Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

Index Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi was a post-war gospel quartet. [1]

19 relations: Alan Lomax, Anthony Heilbut, Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, Gospel music, International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Jackson, Mississippi, Jazz, Jubilee quartet, Laurence C. Jones, Library of Congress, Martha Louise Morrow Foxx, Peacock Records, Piney Woods Country Life School, R. H. Harris, Roscoe Robinson Jr., The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Soul Stirrers, Vance Powell, Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax.

Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century.

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Anthony Heilbut

Anthony Heilbut (born November 22, 1940), is an American writer, and record producer of gospel music.

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Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi was a post-war gospel quartet.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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International Sweethearts of Rhythm

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm was the first integrated all women's band in the United States.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital city and largest urban center of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jubilee quartet

Jubilee quartets were popular African-American religious musical groups in the first half of the 20th century.

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Laurence C. Jones

Laurence Clifton Jones (November 21, 1882 – July 13, 1975), was the founder and long-time president of Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County, Mississippi.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Martha Louise Morrow Foxx

Martha Louise Morrow Foxx (October 9, 1902 – 1975) was a pioneering educator of the blind in Mississippi.

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Peacock Records

Peacock Records was an American record label, started in 1949 by Don Robey in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Piney Woods Country Life School

The Piney Woods Country Life School (or The Piney Woods School) is a co-educational independent historically African-American boarding school for grades 9-12 in Piney Woods, unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi.

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R. H. Harris

Rebert H. Harris, also known professionally as R.H. Harris, (March 23, 1916 - September 3, 2000) was a gospel artist and lead singer of the Soul Stirrers.

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Roscoe Robinson Jr.

Roscoe Robinson Jr. (October 11, 1928 – July 22, 1993) was the first African American to become a four-star general in the United States Army.

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The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama (or simply Blind Boys of Alabama) is an American five-time Grammy Award-winning gospel group who first sang together in 1939.

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The Soul Stirrers

The Soul Stirrers are an American gospel music group, whose career spans over eighty years.

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Vance Powell

Vance Powell is an American-four time Grammy Award winning record producer, engineer and mixer.

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Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax

Willmer M. Broadnax (December 28, 1916 – June 1, 1992), also known as "Little Ax", "Wilbur", "Willie", and "Wilmer", was an American hard gospel quartet singer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Blind_Boys_of_Mississippi

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