Singer Robert Hicks helped popularize the Atlanta blues during its formative period. Given the name 'Barbecue Bob' by Columbia Records, Hicks had numerous hit songs during his career. Hicks was born to a family of sharecroppers in Georgia. At a young age, Hicks along with his brother, Charley, and other boys in the neighborhood formed […]
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