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The Legendary Orioles: 1992
The Legendary Orioles Live at Gee's 4400 Club 1992 African-American cassette tape; original tape in near mint condition; scarce; The Legendary Orioles are part of an ongoing African-American tradition of quartet singing with roots in the late nineteenth century. Quartets emerged in the South as a sacred music innovation when various groups û such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers from Fisk University began a concert-style re-arrangement of earlier slave spirituals. Local church congregations further adapted these songs, drawing influences from popular music styles of the day. Small groups of four o...
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