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Wilma Burgess

b. Wilma Charlene Burgess, 11 June 1939, Orlando, Florida, USA, d. 26 August 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. After senior high school, Burgess went to Stetson University or college, Orlando, to review for a level in physical education and experienced no thoughts of the profession in music. She was only thinking …

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Betty Harris

Famous in deep soul circles for the disastrous ballad “Weep if you ask me,” singer Betty Harris was created in Orlando, Florida, in 1941 and elevated primarily in Alabama. The kid of preachers, her deep chapel origins conflicted with her wish to sing secular spirit music, with 17 she remaining …

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