Mable Hillery (July 22, 1929 – April 27, 1976) was an American singer who was a member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers as well as a solo recording artist.
Biography
Hillery was born in
LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaGeorgia Sea Island Singers in 1961.
She had six children, and outside of performing with The Georgia Sea Island Singers was known for her work in the public school systems of both New York City and Atlanta, Georgia. She was active in the
civil rights movement
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in the sixties. Her obituary appeared in the New York Times on May 1, 1976.
Partial discography
* ''Get in Union: Recordings by Alan Lomax 1959-1966'' (Tompkins Square, 2015)
* ''It's So Hard To Be A Nigger'' (XTRA, 1968)
* ''Hotter Than a Bulldog Spitting In a Polecat's Eye - Live 1975'' (with
Johnny Shines
John Ned Shines (April 26, 1915 – April 20, 1992) was an American blues singer and guitarist.
Biography
Shines was born in the community of Frayser, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was taught to play the guitar by his mother and spent most of h ...