The following information, summarized from an AP article by John Gerome, comes from Marc Lindy via Lindon Jones:
Dolly Parton, Michael W. Smith, Dr. Bobby Jones, the Dixie Hummingbirds and producer Lari Goss will be inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame next month. The ceremony will be held Feb. 2 in Nashville.
“This year’s class of GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees have all achieved great professional and personal success in many different areas of the music and entertainment industries, but each shares a common heritage of the Gospels’ powerful impact on their lives,” said GMA President John Styll.
Dr. Bobby Jones is a singer and host and executive producer of the long-running “Bobby Jones Gospel” program on the BET cable network. He has a new series, “Bobby Jones Next Generation,” on the Gospel Music Channel.
The Dixie Hummingbirds formed in 1928 and have influenced musical acts in several genres, including early soul singers such as Jackie Wilson and James Brown. They provided the distinct harmony vocals for Paul Simon’s hit “Loves Me Like a Rock.”
Congratulations to the Dixie Hummingbirds on this latest of a string of well-deserved honors!
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GOD BLESS YOU, BOB, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIXIE HUMMINBIRDS, I REMEMBER MY FATHER TALKING ABOUT THEM, PAUL ARNOLD, LEAD SINGER DAYTON GOSPELAIRS, FROM WHAT I CAN REMBEMBER HE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD WORD FOR ALL THE SINGERS IN THE INDUSTRY. HE ALSO HAD A LOT OF FUNNY STORIES AS WELL. LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU ON THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY, THE TRIBUTE TO PAUL ARNOLD, LEAD SINGE DAYTON GOSPELAIRS. MAY GOSPEL MUSIC REACH FAR AND WIDE, BECAUSE IT IS OUR ROOTS. BE BLESSED.
KHADIJAH ALI, PAUL ARNOLDS’ OLDEST DAUGHTER,
I AM ALSO PUTTING THIS INFORMATION ON MYSPACE AND ALL MY OTHER NETWORKS. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU.