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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A BLACK GOSPEL RECORDING FROM THE 1950'S. 10 INCH DIAMETER 78RPM
PERFORMED BY THE ORIGINAL FIVE BLIND BOYS OF MISSISSIPPI.
PRODUCED AND RECORDED ON  THE  PEACOCK RECORD LABEL  NO. 1723
SIDE A ...JESUS IS A ROCK IN A WEARY LAND.
SIDE B....SONG OF PRAISE.  
CONDITION IS VERY GOOD+ (SEE PICTURES) .
NOTE THIS RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED AND TESTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND PLAYS VERY WELL FOR IT'S AGE.

The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi was an American post-war  quartet. They started with lead singer , their single "Our Father" reached number ten on the Billboard R&B charts in early 1951. Then the screams of their new lead singer Big Henry Johnson captivated audiences all over the world. Jimmy was the heart of the group and the longest standing member. It was one of the first gospel records to do so. 

The group originated in 1936 as a quartet of students from the  near . The students — Brownlee, , , and  — originally sang under the name "the Cotton Blossom Singers", performing  and secular material, to raise money for the school. Their teacher, ,

In the mid-1940s, Brownlee and the others relocated to Chicago, and changed their name to the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi. Under the influence of  of the , Brownlee moved away from the jubilee style of singing and towards a more popular  style. Even though Harris' influence was persuasive—the Blind Boys at first covered Soul Stirrers songs almost exclusively—Brownlee's high voice, which could move from a sweet croon to a devastating scream, was one of the most recognizable in gospel. Though blind from birth, he would also sometimes leap from a stage into the audience below .

With the addition of hard gospel shouter Rev.  (1917-2003) (who replaced Henderson), the Blind Boys moved into their period of greatest fame. Perkins, who was not blind, became the group's manager, and they began to record, first for Excelsior in 1946, then for Coleman in 1948. Ford was replaced by another blind bass singer who later regained his sight and had to leave the group. He was replaced by , in that year, and in 1950 the group moved to  where they recorded the hit "Our Father" at their first session.