Blind Boys of Alabama singer Clarence Fountain never strayed from spreading the gospel Clarence Fountain, lead singer of the Blind Boys of Alabama gospel group, shown performing in 1996 in San Juan ...

When Clarence Fountain was only 8 years old, his family left him at an Alabama boarding school for the blind. He eventually went on to help create The Blind Boys of Alabama. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TOO ...

As one of the most electrifying gospel singers of the 20th century, Clarence Fountain regularly raised the roof during his countless concerts with the Blind Boys of Alabama, the legendary group he led ...

Clarence Fountain, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner who led the Blind Boys of Alabama for nearly 70 years, died June 3 in Baton Rouge. His death leaves Jimmy Carter as the gospel group’s ...

A founding member of the Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama has died. Clarence Fountain was 88. Fountain died Sunday in a hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he had been taken ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A founding member of the Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama has died. Clarence Fountain was 88. Fountain died Sunday in a hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ...

The singers are dressed in sharp matching suits and dark sunglasses, facing an audience of several hundred. Standing at the center of the stage, lead singer Clarence Fountain holds a microphone with ...

Clarence Fountain was one of the last surviving founding members of The Blind Boys of Alabama. They first met as pre-teens at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in the early 1940s. Fountain ...

Clarence Fountain, a founding member of the Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama has died. He was 88. Fountain died Sunday in a hospital in Baton Rouge, La., where he had been taken ...

Blind Boys of Alabama, originally called the Happyland Jubilee Singers when the group was founded in 1944, played a large role in shepherding gospel music into mainstream popularity. Largely due to ...