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"Mr. Big Stuff" was recorded in 1970 at Malaco Studio in Jackson, Mississippi, at the same session as "Groove Me" by King Floyd.Knight's single was released by Stax Records because of the persistence of Stax publisher Tim Whitsett; "Groove Me" by King Floyd, which Whitsett strongly urged Malaco to release, also became a hit.
Z. Z. Hill. Arzell J. " Z. Z. " Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984) [ 1 ] was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years. [ 1 ] The track "Down Home Blues" has been called ...
Angelic Gospel Singers. The Angelic Gospel Singers were an American gospel group from Philadelphia founded and led by Margaret Wells Allison. The group continued through Allison's death in 2008; the group was called "the longest consistently selling female gospel group in African American history" by the Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music. [1]
Lowell Pye. Lowell Curtis Pye, Sr. (born March 28, 1970 Detroit, Michigan) [2][3][4] sang as a tenor in John P. Kee ’s V.I.P choir. In 1991, Pye was featured as the lead in Kee’s "Jesus Is Real." Pye, who grew up in Detroit, Michigan sang in an adult gospel men’s quartet at the age of four. He is now a Praise & Worship leader at his church.
Willie Banks. Willie Banks (May 11, 1929 – February 1, 1993), was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and originator of his backing band, The Messengers. Banks started the Messengers in 1972 after he left The Jackson Southernaires. While with the Jackson Southernaires, Banks made his first big hit in 1964 on Peacock Records with the song ...
Sensational Nightingales. The Sensational Nightingales are a traditional black gospel quartet that reached its peak of popularity in the 1950s, when it featured Julius Cheeks as its lead singer. The Nightingales, with several changes of membership, continue to tour and record. John Fogerty 's goal for the line, "rollin', rollin', rollin' on the ...
Percy Clark. Roosevelt English. The Pilgrim Jubilees, also known as The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers, are an American traditional black gospel music group originally from the cities of Jackson, Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois, where they were established by Elgie Graham and Willie Johnson, in 1934. The group have released 25 albums with six record ...
The Best of BeBe & CeCe Winans. (2006) Still. (2009) Still is the seventh album by the duo BeBe & CeCe Winans, and was released in October 2009 on Malaco Records. [1] It rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. [2][3]