Lewie Steinberg was born in Memphis in 1933. He played trumpet as a young man but moved to bass at...

David Hood was born in Sheffield, in the Shoals area, in 1943. He learned to play a variety of instruments...

Norbert Auvin Putnam was born in 1942. He grew up near Florence, learning to play an upright bass. In his...

Joe Tex was born Joseph Arrington Jr. in 1935 in Rogers, Texas. He played baritone saxophone at high school and...

The Tams were a group of five black singers from Atlanta, Georgia, who came together in 1960. They chose the...