The Soul Stirrers: the gospel quartet that made Sam Cooke a star
The Soul Stirrers, formed in Texas in the 1920s, became one of the most influential gospel quartets in America. Under R.H. Harris and then Sam Cooke,…
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The Blind Boys of Alabama: a gospel group that began at a school for the blind in 1939
The Blind Boys of Alabama formed in 1939 at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind in Talladega. Rooted in the jubilee and hard…