They Heard Georgia SingingGeorgia's music history is diverse in that it covers gospel singer Thomas Dorsey, soul singer James Brown, opera singer Jessye Norman, country singer Alan Jackson, folk singer Hedy West and symphony and choral conductors Robert Shaw and Yoel Levi. They Heard Georgia Singing provides brief musical biographies of the men and women who have made major contributions to Georgia musical history either as natives or as personalities within the context of Georgia music. |
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Chet Atkins | 22 |
Atlanta Rhythm Section | 26 |
Andrew Jenkins | 160 |
Elton John | 162 |
Doug Johnson | 165 |
Bucky Jones | 166 |
Joel A Katz | 168 |
Kris Kross | 169 |
Gladys Knight and The Pips | 171 |
Leo Kottke | 175 |
Dallas Austin | 29 |
Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters | 31 |
Razzy Bailey | 33 |
John Berry | 36 |
Norman Blake | 39 |
Hamilton Frederick Bohannon | 41 |
Toni Braxton | 43 |
Brick | 46 |
Alicia Bridges | 48 |
James Brown | 50 |
T Graham Brown | 54 |
Boudleaux and Felice Bryant | 58 |
Peabo Bryson | 61 |
Buddy Buie | 63 |
Jean Carn | 65 |
Joseph A Cotton Carrier | 66 |
James and Martha Carson | 69 |
Fiddlin John Carson | 71 |
Ray Charles | 74 |
J R Cobb | 80 |
Albert Coleman | 81 |
Collective Soul | 84 |
Confederate Railroad | 86 |
Arthur Conley | 88 |
Johnny darrell | 89 |
Mac Davis | 90 |
Mattiwilda Dobbs | 93 |
Dr Thomas Andrew Dorsey | 95 |
Pete Drake | 100 |
Dixie Dregs | 102 |
Roy Drusky | 103 |
Jermaine Dupri | 105 |
Kenny Babyface Edmonds | 107 |
Walter Forbes | 109 |
The Forester Sisters | 111 |
Wally Fowler | 113 |
Jesse Fuller | 115 |
Terri Gibbs | 116 |
Emory Gordy Jr | 119 |
Vern Gosdin | 122 |
Amy Grant | 124 |
Jack Greene | 126 |
Connie Haines | 127 |
Isaac Hayes | 129 |
Roland Hayes | 132 |
Fletcher Henderson | 134 |
Jake Hess | 136 |
Bertie Higgins | 138 |
Lena Horne | 141 |
Indigo Girls | 145 |
Alan Jackson | 147 |
Millie Jackson | 151 |
Shot Jackson | 152 |
Stonewall Jackson | 153 |
John Jarrard | 155 |
Felton Jarvis | 158 |
Brenda Lee | 176 |
Mylon LeFevre | 179 |
The LeFevres | 180 |
Yoel Levi | 184 |
The Lewis Family | 187 |
Hovie Lister | 190 |
Bill Lowery | 193 |
Curtis Mayfield | 197 |
Robert McDuffie | 199 |
Clayton Pappy McMichen | 202 |
James Melton | 205 |
Johnny Mercer | 207 |
Ronnie Milsap | 213 |
Morehouse College Glee Club | 218 |
Chips Moman | 220 |
Rex Nelon | 221 |
Jessye Norman | 222 |
Gram Parsons | 224 |
Hank Penny | 226 |
Piano Red William Willie Lee Perryman | 229 |
Riley Puckett | 231 |
Gertrude Ma Rainey | 234 |
Eddy Raven | 236 |
Otis Redding | 238 |
Jerry Reed | 241 |
Antonio L A Reid | 244 |
REM | 246 |
Little Richard Richard Penniman | 248 |
Tommy Roe | 251 |
David Rogers | 254 |
Kenny Rogers | 255 |
Billy Joe Royal | 258 |
Art Satherley | 260 |
Robert Shaw | 262 |
Harold Shedd | 266 |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | 268 |
Carl Smith | 270 |
The SOS Band | 272 |
Joe South | 274 |
Ray Stevens | 277 |
Doug Stone | 280 |
Swanee River Boys | 282 |
The Tams | 285 |
Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers | 288 |
TLC | 291 |
Travis Tritt | 293 |
Phil Walden | 297 |
Freddy Weller | 299 |
Hedy West | 301 |
James S Big Chief Wetherington | 303 |
Chuck Willis | 305 |
Trisha Yearwood | 307 |
Dennis Yost and The Classics IV | 310 |
And Many More | 312 |
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