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110 2 Blind Boys of Alabama
368 Musical groups|2lcsh
370 |eAlabama|2naf
372 Gospel music|2lcsh
373 Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind|2naf
410 2 Five Blind Boys of Alabama
410 2 5 Blind Boys of Alabama
410 2 Original Blind Boys of Alabama
410 2 Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama
410 2 Blind Boys (Musical group : Alabama)
410 2 Happyland Singers
410 2 Happy Land Jubilee Singers
410 2 Happyland Jubilee Singers
410 2 Happyland Gospel Singers
410 2 Alabama Blind Boys
500 1 |wr|iMember:|aFountain, Clarence
667 Previously entered separately under the names Five Blind
Boys of Alabama (no 92003379) and Blind Boys of Alabama,
but group used various names throughout its career,
without fully dropping the older names after adopting a
new one. Use Blind Boys of Alabama for all manifestations.
670 Its Higher ground, p2002:|blabel (the Blind Boys of
Alabama)
670 The Blind Boys of Alabama WWW Home page, Dec. 5, 2002
|b(formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in
1939, founding members Clarence Fountain, Jimmy Carter and
George Scott)
670 New York times, Mar. 12, 2005|b(George Scott, 75, gospel
group's baritone; d. Mar. 9, 2005, Durham., N.C.; b. Mar.
18, 1929, Notasulga, Ala.)
670 People don't sing, p1973:|blabel (Five Blind Boys of
Alabama)
670 New Grove dict. of Amer. music:|bv. 2, p. 258 (Five Blind
Boys of Alabama; organized 1939; led by Clarence Fountain)
670 The Original Blind Boys of Alabama, p1980:|blabel
(Original Blind Boys of Alabama)
670 To mother [SR] p1973:|blabel (The Original Five Blind Boys
of Alabama)
670 All music guide, c1994|b(Five Blind Boys of Alabama; Black
gospel quartet; by '40s became "The Blind Boys"; current
lineup includes 7 names)
670 Holdin' on [SR] p1997:|blabel (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
670 Jesus rocked the jukebox, ℗2017:|bcontainer (The Happyland
Singers) insert (The Happyland Singers (aka, Original Five
Blind Boys of Alabama); February 3, 1956, recorded Living
for my Jesus and Swingin' on the Golden Gate (Specialty
#894, 1956))
670 Discogs WWW site, January 29, 2019|b(statement of
responsibility on disc label of Specialty XSP-894: The
Happyland Singers, also known as, Original Five Blind Boys
of Alabama)
670 Grove music online, January 29, 2019|b(Blind Boys of
Alabama (Happy Land Jubilee Singers); American gospel
quintet formed by students at the Talladega Institute for
the Deaf and Blind in Alabama in 1939 to sing black
religious quartet music; original members were Clarence
Fountain, Johnny Fields, George Scott, Olice Thomas, and
Velma Bozman Traylor; called the Happy Land Jubilee
Singers until a concert promoter suggested the group
change its name in 1948 in anticipation of a double bill
concert with the already successful Five Blind Boys of
Mississippi)
670 Wikipedia, January 29, 2019|b(The Blind Boys of Alabama;
American gospel group; first sang together in the school
chorus in 1939 at the Alabama Institute for the Negro
Blind in Talladega, Alabama; founding members were
Clarence Fountain, Jimmy Carter, George Scott, Velma
Bozman Traylor, Johnny Fields, Olice Thomas, and the only
sighted member, J.T. Hutton; the earliest version of the
group was known as "The Happyland Jubilee Singers" (or
"Happy Land Jubilee Singers"); name changed to Five Blind
Boys of Alabama in 1948; under entry for Jubilee quartet:
"the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama (formally [that
is, formerly?] known as the Happyland Jubilee Singers)")
670 Encyclopedia of American gospel music, 2005|b(Five Blind
Boys of Alabama; formed 1937 at the Talladega (Alabama)
Institute for the Deaf and Blind; founder/lead vocalist:
Clarence Fountain; went professional by the early 1940s,
sometimes billing themselves as the Happyland Gospel
Singers, sometimes simply as the Blind Boys; their first
recording, "I can see everybody's mother but mine," was
issued in 1948 on the Savoy label; around 1950 the group
settled on the name the Blind Boys of Alabama)
670 Oxford reference online, February 5, 2019:|bEncyclopedia
of popular music, 4th edition (Five Blind Boys of Alabama;
gospel group, formed at the Talladega Institute for the
Deaf and Blind in 1937; original members: George Scott,
John Fields, Olice Thomas, Velma Bozman Traylor, J.T.
Hutton, and Clarence Fountain; originally known as the
Happy Land Jubilee Singers; changed their name in 1948,
due to the success of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi,
and again in the early 90s, opting for the Blind Boys of
Alabama)
670 OCLC #50537477, viewed February 6, 2019|b(The Alabama
Blind Boys presents Mr. Clarence Fountain, alive in
person)
