Tag Archives: The Sensational

Label owner, songwriter, maker Don Robey’s name ought to be on any serious set of early pop/R&B pioneers. His Duke-Peacock category of brands boasted an extraordinary roster: Johnny Ace, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Big Mama Thornton, Clarence “Gatemouth” Dark brown, the Dixie Hummingbirds, O.V. Wright, Carl Carlton, the Five Blind Kids …

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 …

A pioneering drive behind the evolution of the present day gospel quartet audio, the Dixie Hummingbirds were one of the longest-lived & most successful sets of their period; renowned for his or her imaginative arrangements, intensifying harmonies, and all-around flexibility, they earned nearly universal recognition because the biggest Southern quartet …

The Swan Silvertones certainly are a premier gospel group and something of the fantastic music experiences awaiting whoever has hardly ever heard them. If you’re not a enthusiast of gospel music or “spiritual” music of any sort, don’t allow that reality deter you from having this original listening experience. That …