Clarence Fountain
Clarence Fountain was one of the founding members of the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama, a group that was formed when he was a 12-year-old student at the Talladega Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Alabama. The group, which drew all of its members from the school, was originally known as the Happy Land Jubilee Singers. They made their first recordings in 1948 after adopting their permanent name and had a recording career that extended over a more than 60-year span. Fountain broke with the group in 1969 to pursue a solo career and recorded two albums with Jewel, then rejoined the group in 1980. In 1983 the group performed as the chorus in the Obie-winning adaptation of a Sophocles play, The Gospel at Colonus, and continued to revive their roles in that play several times in the following years. Fountain continued to record for Jewel in the '90s, as well as issuing compilations of his work on a variety of labels. Working with fellow Blind Boys alumnus Sam Butler (Fountain had actually mentored Butler in the group), Fountain and Butler released the wonderful Stepping Up & Stepping Out album, an emotionally balanced set of both gospel and secular numbers, on Solomon Burke's Tyscot Records in 2009. Clarence Fountain died in June 2018 at the age of 88.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Golden Moments In Gospel
Pop - Released by Jewel Records on 17 Nov 2006
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All Things Are Possible
Alabama Blind Boys, Clarence Fountain
Pop - Released by Jewel Records on 17 Nov 2006
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Didn't It Rain / When He Calls Me
Clarence Fountain, The Barry Currington Choral
Gospel - Released by Jewel Records on 15 Sep 1973
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Gregota Golden Gospel Vol. 1
Clarence Fountain, The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Gospel - Released by Gregota Music LLC on 28 Jul 2016
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My Lord What A Morning!
Clarence Fountain, The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Gospel - Released by Blacksmoke Worldwide Music on 7 Nov 2000
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Me and Jesus / The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Gospel - Released by Jewel Records on 30 Oct 1965
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Live and in Person (Live)
Gospel - Released by Jewel Records on 15 Oct 1972
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Sending up My Timber / Why
Gospel - Released by Jewel Records on 30 Oct 1973
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The Greatest Worship Songs of Clarence Fountain & The Blind Boys
Clarence Fountain, The Blind Boys
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Platinum Collection on 12 Jun 2012
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Only a Look
Gospel - Released by Maestro Entertainment, Corp on 9 May 2014
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Peace in the Valley
Soul - Released by Jewel Records on 14 Sep 1972
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This Little Light of Mine / Last Mile of the Way
Gospel - Released by Jewel Records on 8 Sep 1965
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Confusing Times
Gospel - Released by Jewel Records on 8 Sep 1965
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo