RICH & JOHNNY's INZANE MICHIGAN MIX= KNOWLES RECORDING, Co. 1964 -68
Oct 21, 2020
RICH
& JOHNNY KNOWLES RECORDING, Co MIX 1964 DETROIT : RUGGED BLUES &
GOSPEL GRIT
https://www.mixcloud.com/john-olson2/rich-johnnys-inzane-michigan-mix-knowles-recording-co-1964-68/
Louise
Jackson with Wm. P. Hensley "99.5 Won't Do"
Victory Five "Please,Lord"
Victory Five "By And By"
Starks And His Boys "I'm The One"
Bro. Will Hairston (The Hurricane Of Motor City) "March On To
Montgomery"
Bro. Will Hairston & Washboard Wille "Alabama Bus"
Dixie Airs "Untitled Live"
Brother
Will Hairston (November 22, 1919 – March 17, 1988) was an American
gospel singer and preacher in Detroit, Michigan, called "The
Hurricane of the Motor City" and known for his "startlingly
socially conscious" songs of protest in the 1950s and 1960s during
the Civil Rights Movement.
In 1956, Hairston wrote and recorded "The Alabama Bus" for Detroit
record store owner Joe Von Battle's J.V.B. label. With Washboard
Willie on percussion, the song describes and chronicles the
Montgomery bus boycott that followed Rosa Parks' refusal to give up
her seat to a white man. Hairston's recording, described as
"emotional" and "gripping", was the first to reference by name Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. The recording and his later releases were
issued on the Knowles record label in Detroit, and were personally
sold by Hairston himself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Will_Hairston