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The Fairfield Four
The Fairfield Four
American gospel vocal group
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Michael Doucet
Michael Doucet
American musician
2
Elder Roma Wilson
Elder Roma Wilson
gospel harmonica player and singer (1910-2018)
3
Cephas & Wiggins
Cephas & Wiggins
American blues duo
4
The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
5
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
American folk music duo
6
Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
7
Hackberry Ramblers
Hackberry Ramblers
8
Pops Staples
Pops Staples
American musician
9
Howard Armstrong
Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
10
John Dee Holeman
John Dee Holeman
American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
11
Dewey Balfa
Dewey Balfa
American musician
12
Drink Small
Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
13
Bessie Jones
Bessie Jones
American folk musician and gospel singer
14
The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds
band
15
Inez Catalon
Inez Catalon
American Creole singer
16
Joe Thompson
Joe Thompson
American musician
17
John Jackson
John Jackson
American blues musician, born 1924
18
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
19
Andy Statman
Andy Statman
American musician
20
Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
21
Claude Williams
Claude Williams
American musician
22
Big Joe Duskin
Big Joe Duskin
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist
23
Canray Fontenot
Canray Fontenot
American musician
24
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke
British-Irish fiddler
25
Jim & Jesse
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
26
Pedro Ayala
Pedro Ayala
American musician
27
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Creole accordionist
28
Queen Ida
Queen Ida
American musician
29
Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
30
Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
31
Bua Xou Mua
Bua Xou Mua
Hmong spiritual leader
32
Etta Baker
Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
33
Lily May Ledford
Lily May Ledford
American musician
34
Whistlin' Alex Moore
Whistlin' Alex Moore
American blues pianist, singer and whistler
35
Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
36
The Holmes Brothers
The Holmes Brothers
American musical trio
37
Ledward Kaapana
Ledward Kaapana
American musician
38
Cedric Burnside
Cedric Burnside
American electric blues drummer, singer and songwriter
39
Henry Gray
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
40
Michael Alpert
Michael Alpert
American clarinetist
41
Clyde Sproat
Clyde Sproat
American musician
42
Del McCoury
Del McCoury
American musician
43
Carol Fran
Carol Fran
African American soul blues singer, pianist and songwriter
44
BeauSoleil
BeauSoleil
American Cajun band
45
Doc Watson
Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
46
Henry Townsend
Henry Townsend
American musician
47
Claude Joseph Johnson
Claude Joseph Johnson
American gospel singer
48
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
American singer
49
Raymond Kāne
Raymond Kāne
American musician
50
Melvin Wine
Melvin Wine
American fiddler
51
Othar Turner
Othar Turner
American fife player
52
Elaine Hoffman-Watts
Elaine Hoffman-Watts
American musician
53
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
54
Janette Carter
Janette Carter
Child of the Carter Family
55
Albertina Walker
Albertina Walker
American singer (1929-2010)
56
Luderin Darbone
Luderin Darbone
American fiddler
57
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
58
Rafael Cepeda
Rafael Cepeda
Puerto Rican musician
59
Tommy Jarrell
Tommy Jarrell
American fiddler and banjo player
60
Jack Owens
Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
61
Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy
American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion
62
William Bell
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
Birmingham Sunlights
American gospel group

Birmingham Sunlights

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American gospel group
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Music
Birmingham Sunlights in 2017

The Birmingham Sunlights is an American a cappella gospel singing group from the Birmingham, Alabama area.

This group developed their style within the Church of Christ, a Christian denominational group in which no instruments are used for performing church music. Brothers James, Barry, and Steve Taylor founded the group in 1978, originally consisting of them and Reginald Speights and Wayne Williams. The group has appeared at numerous music festivals in the United States, including the National Folk Festival. They were designated as Cultural Ambassadors by the United States Department of State and in that role performed in Canada, Italy, France, five African countries, the Caribbean, and Australia.

Their song "All Night" appears on the 2008 album Carry On: Celebrating Twenty Years of the Alabama Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program.

The group was named as a recipient of a 2009 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.