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Governor “Big Jim” Folsom’s Strawberry Pickers at Birmingham radio station WTNB, c. 1947.

Folsom promised the members of his campaign band that he would provide them all jobs with the State of Alabama, if he was elected. Following Folsom's 1947…

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Mary Frady, Jerry Frady, and Ruby Fallon perform for Anniston radio station WSPG, undated.

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Happy Hal Burns, Birmingham radio personality, “and his little dog ‘Sissy’” in a wartime promotional photo. Photo is addressed to Mrs. M. R. Daniels in Thomasville, NC, and accompanied by a form letter from Happy Hal’s sponsor, the American Snuff…

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Letter from the American Snuff Company to a fan of Birmingham’s Happy Hal Burns. (See previous image).

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Addressed to a fan at Rt. 1 in Brilliant, Alabama, the publicity postcard offers a short biography of Clements, "The Dixie Yodeler":

"Born September 6, in the hills of Central Alabama, of English and Cherokee Indian descent. Has dark brown hair…

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Original Songs By Zeke Clements, The Dixie Yodeler. Published in 1942. Includes a brief bio of Clements; a brief history of the Grand Ole Opry, on which Clements performed; photos; lyrics and music to seventeen of Clements's compositions; and an…

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Rabe Perkins Sings. 1972 songbook, Birmingham, Alabama.In the 1940s and '50s, the duo Rebe and Rabe -- Revin "Rebe" Gosdin and Auburn J. C. "Rabe" Perkins -- established themselves as popular fixtures of Birmingham, Alabama, radio station WVOK.…

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Interview with Lum York. Recorded by Burgin Mathews, July 14, 2003 at the home of Lum and Nita York in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Born in Elmore, Alabama, just north of Montgomery, William Herbert “Lum” York (1918-2004) worked off and on, from 1944 to…

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Frank Adams performs with the Dee Clarke band at a Eutaw, Alabama, juke joint, 1970s. “She doesn’t have to be Lena HorneShe can be from Eutaw, Alabama, and even country born.”     -- Dee Clarke in Eutaw, 1970s “What was it called? The Eutaw club,…

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Frank Adams shares memories of his father, Oscar Adams, Sr. An influential and sometimes controversial figure in Birmingham's Black community, the senior Adams was editor and publisher of the Birmingham Reporter newspaper (1906 - 1934); Grand…

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In these audio excerpts, Benny Smith and his Houserockers, a rock and roll / blues band, performs live on the Midnight Mover Groover Show, hosted by "Little Walter" (Walter Anglin) on Birmingham radio station WJLD. Other musicians, along with bassist…

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Born in McCracken County, Kentucky, Kasper “Stranger” Malone (1909 – 2005) set out on his own at the age of fifteen and soon landed in Rome, Georgia, where he connected with some of the pioneers of old-time country string-band music. In 1926,…

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Interview with Slim Bryant, recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, May 24, 1996. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1908, songwriter, singer, and guitarist Thomas Hoyt “Slim” Bryant made his first recordings in 1928 as a member of the Harmony Boys string band. He…

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Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953

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Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953

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Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953

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Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953

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Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953

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Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953

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Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953

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