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Newspaper advertisement for a dance at Anniston, Alabama's Lincoln Park, featuring bandleader Howard Funderburg and singer Bernice Bates, "Queen of Swing."Anniston Star, July 10, 1942.

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Newspaper advertisement for an all-day barbecue and dance at Anniston, Alabama's Lincoln Park, featuring Birmingham bandleader Howard Funderburg.

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Weekly Review, January 31, 1941.

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In 1941, the Black-owned Weekly Review ran a readers' poll to determine the best swing band in Birmingham. Contenders included the bands of Fess Whatley, Howard Funderburg, and Frank Hines; the Society Troubadours; and Teddie's Honey Boys.Weekly…

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