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The Mills Brothers ad in The Film Daily, 1932. The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed The Four Mills Brothers and originally known as Four Boys and a Guitar, [1] were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records.
Williams continued working in the Gospel music industry until his death from a heart attack on Monday, March 22, 1993 in Savannah, Georgia at an airport on the way back from a concert. He had been suffering from a lung infection for about two years. [1]
The Jackson, Mississippi-based traditional black gospel group, The Williams Brothers started in 1960 by Leon "Pop" Williams (November 24, 1908/1909 – September 6, 1989), [1] [2] who was the father of the Williams Brothers and an early member of the group, died in a car accident.
The Jubalaires were an American gospel group active between 1935 and 1950. Originally known as the Royal Harmony Singers, [1] the band was known for song verses delivered in a rhythmic, rhyming style that has been described as an early version of rapping.
Three members of Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame quartet The Nelons were killed in a tragic plane crash that left no survivors on Friday, July 26, according to their management. The Atlanta ...
The Staple Singers, American gospel/soul group, Cleotha, Pervis, Yvonne, and Mavis Staples (plus their father, Roebuck "Pops" Staples) Starpoint, 1980s dance group from Maryland with brothers Ernesto, George, Orlando & Gregory Phillips; The Staves, a British Folk-ish band; The Statler Brothers, American country & gospel quartet: Don Reid and ...
Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spokesman announced Wednesday. Pervis Staples died May 6 ...
Wayne Osmond, one of the original members of the Osmonds sibling singing group, died Wednesday in Salt Lake City. He was 73. Merrill Osmond, one of Wayne Osmond’s brothers, shared on Facebook ...