The Blind Boys of Alabama

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gospel group musical ensemble

The Blind Boys of Alabama are a legendary American gospel group, formed in the 1930s by visually impaired singers, renowned for their powerful harmonies and influential role in traditional and contemporary gospel music.

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Label Occurrences
The Blind Boys of Alabama canonical 9
The Five Blind Boys of Alabama 1
The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gospel group ⓘ
musical ensemble ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear 1930s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
surface form: The Five Blind Boys of Alabama

The Happy Land Jubilee Singers ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
National Heritage Fellowships ⓘ
surface form: National Heritage Fellowship
basedIn Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
collaboratedWith Ben Harper ⓘ
Bonnie Raitt ⓘ
Mavis Staples ⓘ
Peter Gabriel ⓘ
Solomon Burke ⓘ
Tom Waits ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre R&B ⓘ
contemporary gospel ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
soul ⓘ
traditional gospel ⓘ
hasPart vocal harmony ensemble ⓘ
inception 1939 ⓘ
influenced contemporary gospel music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locationOfFormation Alabama ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award ⓘ
notableFor featuring visually impaired singers ⓘ
powerful vocal harmonies ⓘ
notableMember Ben Moore ⓘ
Bobby Butler ⓘ
Clarence Fountain ⓘ
Eric “Ricky” McKinnie ⓘ
George Scott ⓘ
Jimmy Carter ⓘ
Joey Williams ⓘ
Johnny Fields ⓘ
Ollie Thomas ⓘ
Peter Levin ⓘ
Tracy Pierce ⓘ
Velma Bozman Traylor ⓘ
notableWork Go Tell It on the Mountain ⓘ
Higher Ground ⓘ
Spirit of the Century ⓘ
There Will Be a Light ⓘ
performedAt New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ⓘ
Newport Folk Festival ⓘ

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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album → notableRecipient → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
The Wire → openingThemePerformer → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
The Blind Boys of Alabama → alsoKnownAs → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
Way Down in the Hole → notableCoverVersionBy → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
How I Got Over → recordedBy → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
Real World Records → hasPublishedArtist → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
Ben Harper → collaboratedWith → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
Ben Harper → associatedAct → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
Golden Gate Quartet → influenced → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
Uncloudy Day → hasNotableRecordingBy → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
Uncloudy Day → hasNotableRecordingBy → The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi