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Using the premature death of Archie Brownlee from pneumonia on February 8, 1960, gospel lost among its greatest lead singers. A founding person in the Five Blind Children of Mississippi, Brownlee was similarly impressive performing sweetly or along with his quality piercing screams that afterwards progressed into the spirit music …

The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi are among the best singing groups in popular music history. Their smashing harmonies as well as the qualified prospects of Archie Brownlee not merely influenced several gospel ensembles, but such secular performers as Ray Charles. Their roots date back again to the ’30s, when …