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Big Joe Turner with microphone

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Joe Turner speaking or singing into a microphone; facing the left.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters

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Publicity Photo of the Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, Willie Ferbee, and Walter...

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Bill Pinkney and the Originals

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Publicity Photo of Bill Pinkney and The Originals featuring Bill Pinkney, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, Willie Ferbee...

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Clara Ward & Her Gospel Singers

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Publicity photo of Clara Ward & Her Gospel Singers featuring Clara and five unidentified musicians.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Drifters

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Publicity Photo of the Drifters, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, Willie Ferbee, and Walter Adams (guitar).

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Drifters

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Publicity photo of the Original Drifters featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, Willie Ferbee, and Walter Adams.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Drifters

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Publicity photo of the Drifters, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, and Willie Ferbee.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Hues Corporation

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Publicity photo of the Hues Corporation. St. Clair Lee is standing on the left wearing a light colored tuxedo jacket and headband. Fleming Williams is...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Original Drifters

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Publicity photo of the Original Drifters, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, and Willie Ferbee.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Original Drifters featuring Bill Pinkney

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Publicity photo of the Original Drifters featuring Bill Pinkney, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, Willie Ferbee, and Walter...

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Original Drifters featuring Bill Pinkney

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Publicity photo of the Original Drifters featuring Bill Pinkney, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, Willie Ferbee, and Walter...

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Publicity photo of the Original Drifters

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Publicity photo of the Original Drifters, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, and Willie Ferbee.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Showmen

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Publicity photo of the Showmen, featuring General Norman Johnson, Milton "Smokes" Wells, Dorsey "Chops" Knight, Gene "Cheater" Knight, and Leslie "Fat...

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Spinners

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Publicity photo of the Spinners "Motown Recording Artist" featuring Billy Henderson, Edgar Edwards, Bobby Smith, Henry Fambrough, and Pervis Jackson.

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Spyder Turner

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Publicity photo of Spyder Turner with five unidentified musicians.

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Temptations

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Publicity photo of the Temptations in a group looking forward and smiling. All five are wearing white suits with patterned stripes on the sides and...

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

The Original Drifters

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Publicity photo of the Original Drifters, featuring Bill Pinkney, Andrew Thrasher, Gerhart Thrasher, and Willie Ferbee.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Vibrations

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Publicity photo of the Vibrations featuring Don Bradley, Carl Fisher, Dave Govan, James Johnson and Ricky Owens.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Vibrations

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Publicity photo of the Vibrations featuring Don Bradley, Carl Fisher, Dave Govan, James Johnson and Ricky Owens.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Vibrations

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Publicity photo of the Vibrations featuring Don Bradley, Carl Fisher, Dave Govan, James Johnson and Ricky Owens.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Zodiacs

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Publicity photo of the Zodiacs featuring three unidentified singers.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection
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  • Group portraits
  • African American singers

Member of

  • Allan Bell Collection (18)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (21)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Portrait photographs (20)
  • Publicity photographs (20)
  • Snapshots (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (21)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (18)
  • 1971-1980 (12)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Vocal groups (11)
  • African American musicians (4)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) African American singers (21)

Subjects, People

  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Turner, Spyder (1)
  • Ward, Clara, 1924-1973 (1)

Date Published

  • 1961 (16)
  • 1976 (11)
  • 1970 (8)
  • 1965 (3)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1975 (1)

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