Blind Boys of Alabama

LC control no.	no2002115082
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Blind Boys of Alabama *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Five Blind Boys of Alabama 5 Blind Boys of Alabama Original Blind Boys of Alabama Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama Blind Boys (Musical group : Alabama) Happyland Singers Happy Land Jubilee Singers Happyland Jubilee Singers Happyland Gospel Singers Alabama Blind Boys
See also	Member: Fountain, Clarence *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1939
Located	Alabama
Field of activity	Gospel music
Affiliation	Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
Special note	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.
Found in	Its Higher ground, p2002: label (the Blind Boys of Alabama) The Blind Boys of Alabama WWW Home page, Dec. 5, 2002 (formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939, founding members Clarence Fountain, Jimmy Carter and George Scott) New York times, Mar. 12, 2005 (George Scott, 75, gospel group's baritone; d. Mar. 9, 2005, Durham., N.C.; b. Mar. 18, 1929, Notasulga, Ala.) People don't sing, p1973: label (Five Blind Boys of Alabama) New Grove dict. of Amer. music: v. 2, p. 258 (Five Blind Boys of Alabama; organized 1939; led by Clarence Fountain) The Original Blind Boys of Alabama, p1980: label (Original Blind Boys of Alabama) To mother [SR] p1973: label (The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama) All music guide, c1994 (Five Blind Boys of Alabama; Black gospel quartet; by '40s became "The Blind Boys"; current lineup includes 7 names) Holdin' on [SR] p1997: label (The Blind Boys of Alabama) Jesus rocked the jukebox, ℗2017: container (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)) Discogs WWW site, January 29, 2019 (statement of responsibility on disc label of Specialty XSP-894: The Happyland Singers, also known as, Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama) Grove music online, January 29, 2019 (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) Wikipedia, January 29, 2019 (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)") Encyclopedia of American gospel music, 2005 (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) Oxford reference online, February 5, 2019: Encyclopedia 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) OCLC #50537477, viewed February 6, 2019 (The Alabama Blind Boys presents Mr. Clarence Fountain, alive in person)
Invalid LCCN	no 92003379 no 98034809 n 2004065134