Golden gate quartet biography
Golden gate quartet biography
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Golden Gate Quartet
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The Golden Gate Quartet were pioneers in performing and recording close-harmony black spirituals, accentuated with jazz undertones and rhythmic verve.
The group reached its pinnacle of fame in 1956 after forming in the early 1930s and were the best known “jubilee gospel quartet” among a large number of similarly popular a cappella groups in the 1930s and 1940s. Their first performances were in high school as well as at a local barber shop in Norfolk, Virginia, and eventually at Carnegie Hall.
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A favorite group of Eleanor Roosevelt, the Golden Gate Quartet made several appearances at the White House. By 1956 only bass tenor Orland us Wilson remained from the original quartet; other members included tenors Clyde Riddick, Clyde Wright, baritone J.
Caleb Ginyard, and pianist Emel Burgess. Original members included bass vocalist Robert “Peg” Ford, tenor A.C. “Eddi