Archie Brownlee with The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

This is a picture of Archie Brownlee (1935-1960), the original lead singer of The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi. He was known for his eccentric screams and yells that influenced lots of famous black singers such as Ray Charles and Jackie Wilson (forefathers of soul music). Also, he is also heard from the hymn "Our Father", which became the first gospel song to hit the Billboard charts at #10. However, he died at age 35 of pneumonia on February 8, 1960 that replaced lots of other hard gospel quartet singers such as Wilmer M. "Little Axe" Broadnax.  His influences continued to spread for artists that have real talent. RIP Archie Brownlee!!!!!!

There will be links with this description of him with The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi singing songs such as the famous "Our Father", "In The Wilderness", and "Someone Watches". In my opinion, it is a challenging thing that a man that was blind would sing from a soft sweet voice (under the influence of R.H.Harris) to his screams and yells that was under the development of soul music in the early 1960s. Hopefully you can share this post with you friends and family!!!!!




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