Alabama Music Hall of Fame 2010 Inductees
. David Johnson, executive director of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, said, "We are proud to be returning to Montgomery for this celebrated event honoring our state's great music achievers and unmatched musical heritage. "During this event, the audience will be entertained by some of the most successful and talented Alabamians in the music industry as well as witness seven achievers being awarded with our most prestigious honor � induction into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame." The Blind Boys of Alabama trace their heritage to 1939 at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega. The Grammy-winning a capella vocalists continue to influence the music world. Just last fall, they released a duets album with several major acts including Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bonnie Raitt and Solomon Burke and others. Clarence Fountain is the only original member still living, but he has retired from the road, while other members carry on the tradition. They went 58 years before winning their first Grammy, but then picked up the award every year between 2002 and 2005. They have been inducted into the Gospel Hall of Fame. Mac Davis is a songwriter who found success as a recording artist with Rick Hall as his producer at Fame in Muscle Shoals. Among their hits were "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me," "Stop And Smell The Roses," Texas In My Rear View Mirror" and "Hooked on Music." In 1974, Davis was named the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year. Click here to read today's full Day in Pop report Preview and Purchase Blind Boys of Alabama CDs Blind Boys of Alabama MP3 Downloads |
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