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Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Five_Blind_Boys_of_Mississippi
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:gospel
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd
2000s
gptkbp:activeYearsStart
1936
gptkbp:associatedAct
Five Blind Boys of Alabama
gptkbp:award
Grammy Hall of Fame (inducted for "Our Father")
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Lawrence_Abrams
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:gospel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
gptkbp:label
gptkb:ABC-Paramount
gptkb:Jewel_Records
gptkb:Peacock_Records
gptkb:Vee-Jay_Records
gptkb:HOB_Records
gptkbp:notableAlbum
Father I Stretch My Hands to Thee
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi (1959)
gptkbp:notableFor
Group members were visually impaired
Influenced soul and R&B artists
Originally formed as the Jackson Harmoneers
Pioneers of hard gospel quartet style
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Archie_Brownlee
gptkb:J.T._Clinkscales
gptkb:Joseph_Ford
gptkb:Lloyd_Woodard
gptkb:Melvin_Henderson
gptkb:Percell_Perkins
gptkb:Willie_Mincey
gptkb:Roscoe_Robinson
gptkb:James_Watts
gptkb:Henry_Johnson
gptkb:Clarence_Fountain
gptkb:Willie_Banks
gptkbp:notablePerformance
gptkb:Newport_Jazz_Festival
gptkb:Carnegie_Hall,_New_York
Apollo Theater, New York
gptkbp:notableSong
gptkb:Jesus_Gave_Me_Water
gptkb:Our_Father
Save a Seat for Me
gptkbp:origin
gptkb:Piney_Woods,_Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:The_Original_Five_Blind_Boys_of_Mississippi
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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