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          Leonard celebrates the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., with his annual, hour-long Gospel music tribute Ruben Willingham & the Swanee..

          Jones was born close to the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia on December 8th His father, the Rev. Benny Jones, was a holiness preacher.

        1. Jones was born close to the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia on December 8th His father, the Rev. Benny Jones, was a holiness preacher.
        2. Leonard celebrates the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. with his annual Gospel tribute.
        3. Leonard celebrates the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., with his annual, hour-long Gospel music tribute Ruben Willingham & the Swanee.
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        5. James Austin and stepdaughter of the late Roberta Martin was born circa and was a Chicago gospel mainstay during the Golden Era as a singer.

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          Tony Cummings plots the long, very long, history of gospel legends THE SWANEE QUINTET


          The Swanee Quintet

          The Swanee Quintet are gospel music survivors - an old style vocal group who over the decades have travelled the Gospel Highway playing everything from humble storefront churches to Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden.

          They are also a group who were called gospel's "countriest" act by gospel authority Anthony Heilbut (meaning the Swanee's sound was raw and rural rather than veering towards the white sounds of Nashville) yet a group sophisticated enough to record and tour with Soul Brother No 1, James Brown.

          While hosting a TV special opening the remodelled Apollo Theatre, actor/comedian Bill Cosby said that one of his favourite memories "was watching the Swanee Quintet excite the Apollo audience with their special brand of gospel music."

          The origins of the group go back to when a trio - consisting of Charlie Barnwell, Rufus Washington and William "Pee Wee" Cr