American blues, jazz and gospel singer (1932–1998)
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January 5, 1932 - September 14, 1998 American blues singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was known as "The Tan Canary" for the amazing range of his singing voice and his gospel influenced style. He began his career singing gospel, but crossed over to secular music in 1959 and scored a national hit with the single "I Won't Cry." That was followed by a string of regional hits in the 1960s which included "Release Me" and "Reconsider Me." In the 1980s and 1990s Adams recorded several award-winnin
5 total works indexed
· 2010 · cited 23,303x
· 2007 · cited 19,986x
· 1998 · cited 13,096x
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
· 1993 · cited 10,208x
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