The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi
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- 89%The Pilgrim Travelers
- 85%The Dixie Hummingbirds
- 66%The Sensational Nightingales
- 49%Marion Williams
- 49%The Harmonizing Four
- 44%Brother Joe May
- 42%Wynona Carr
- 41%Alex Bradford
- 39%The Bells Of Joy
Biography
This vocal gospel group, consisting of Archie Brownlee (d. 1960), Joseph Ford, Lawrence Abrams (d. 1982) and Lloyd Woodard, was formed in 1936 by blind students of the Piney Woods School, Jackson, Mississippi. They began singing together in their school grounds and called themselves the Cotton Blossom Singers. By the mid-40s the group had moved to New Orleans and had added Melvin Henderson as their second lead. He was in turn replaced by (the sighted) Percell Perkins, whereupon the band became... Read more