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Swan Silvertones
Swan Silvertones
American gospel music group
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Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
band
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds
band
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The Soul Stirrers
The Soul Stirrers
band
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The Fairfield Four
The Fairfield Four
American gospel vocal group
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Clara Ward
Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
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Albertina Walker
Albertina Walker
American singer (1929-2010)
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The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
African-American male vocal group
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Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
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Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
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Walter Hawkins
Walter Hawkins
American musician
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Dorothy Love Coates
Dorothy Love Coates
American musician
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The Davis Sisters
The Davis Sisters
American gospel group, founded in 1945
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Otis Clay
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
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Z. Z. Hill
Z. Z. Hill
American blues singer
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Jodeci
Jodeci
90's R&B Band
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Dorothy Moore
Dorothy Moore
American singer
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Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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AndraƩ Crouch
AndraƩ Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)
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Mississippi Mass Choir
Mississippi Mass Choir
musical artist
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James Cleveland
James Cleveland
American musician
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin
American musician
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Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Jake Hess
Jake Hess
American singer
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Eddie & Ernie
Eddie & Ernie
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The Stylistics
The Stylistics
American musical group founded in Philadelphia
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Roberta Martin
Roberta Martin
American musician
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Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke
American singer
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Billy Preston
Billy Preston
American musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel (1946-2006)
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Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
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Jo Armstead
Jo Armstead
singer and songwriter
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John Fogerty
John Fogerty
American musician, songwriter
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Gloria Jones
Gloria Jones
American singer
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Judy Cheeks
Judy Cheeks
American singer
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls
American record producer
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Jason Crabb
Jason Crabb
American musician
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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 river", in the song "Proud Mary" was to evoke male gospel harmonies, as exemplified by groups such as the Swan Silvertones, the Sensational Nightingales, and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi.