The Rambos
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| The Rambos | |
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| Genre(s) | Christian, Southern Gospel |
| Years active | 1964 - present |
| Label(s) | Benson Records |
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The Rambos were a Southern Gospel music group that was formed in the 1960's. The group consisted of Buck and Dottie Rambo and their daughter Reba. They have been inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Hall of Fame.
They signed their first record deal with Benson Records in 1964 after leaving their home in Dawson Springs, Kentucky and ending up in Nashville, TN.[1] In the beginning, the Rambos went by the name of the Gospel Echos. It wasn't until Reba joined the group at the age of 13 that they changed their name to the Singing Rambos.
The Rambos known for their three part harmony received mixed reviews because of their stage collaboration. They sang what many call inverted harmony, which in the music field was not proper or accepted because all groups were supposed to have a bass singer. It wasn't until they performed one night at the Ryman Auditorium with a group called the Sons of Song that they realized that they could have a successful group without the use of a bass singer.[2] Buck and Dottie were divorced in the mid 1990's. Dottie and Reba continue to perform and do television, while Buck has retired and devotes his time to painting.[3]
Dottie Rambo died on May 11, 2008 as a result of injuries sustained in a bus accident along Interstate 44 just outside of Mount Vernon, Missouri and pronounced dead at the scene. The accident was reported as possibly being weather related after severe storms had recently passed through the area.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ The Rambo's arrive in Nashville
- ^ Life without a bass singer
- ^ The Rambos today
- ^ Dottie Rambo passes away. The Snging News. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. “Rambo ies in a fatal bus accident”
- ^ Missouri State Highway Patrol - Crash Report Details. Missouri State Highway Patrol. Retrieved on 2008-05-12. “Accident report”
