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In 1962, J. D. Sumner became the manager of the Stamps Quartet, and three years later, he left the Blackwood Brothers to sing with them. Sumner was most noted as the leader of the Stamps Quartet, which became known as J. D. Sumner & the Stamps. As a teenager, Elvis Presley idolized Sumner's singing after seeing him perform with the Sunshine ...
The gospel quartet of the Sunshine Boys became part of the Jamboree in 1949 and they remained there for two years. The "Yodelin' Ranger" Hank Snow and the Colorado singing cowboy Ken Curtis joined the Jamboree in the late 1940s as two separate acts. Snow and Curtis left within a year and Curtis went on to become a successful Hollywood actor.
The song was a hit in 1951 for Red Foley backed by the Sunshine Boys Quartet, reaching number seven on the Country & Western Best Seller chart. [5] It was among the first gospel recordings to sell one million copies. Foley's version was a 2006 entry into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. [6]
Members James Blackwood, Bill Shaw, and Jackie Marshall decided to press on, with R.W.'s younger brother, Cecil Blackwood (1934–2000), taking over as baritone and former Sunshine Boys Quartet member J. D. Sumner replacing Lyles as bass. Ken Berryhill, their producer, would later say that it was at about this point in their career that the ...
The Harmoneers Quartet, which had been formed in 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, had been one of the most successful gospel music acts in the South for more than four decades. [8] In 1996, Shaw joined The Sunshine Boys, a long-running Georgia based gospel group that had originally formed in 1938. [9]
During Engel's tenure, the label boasted its own pressing plant, and recorded a number of major Southern gospel groups, including : The LeFevres, The Blue Ridge Quartet, The Rebels Quartet, The Harmoneers, The Homeland Harmony Quartet, The Happy Goodman Family and the Sunshine Boys.
The Blue Ridge Quartet (1946 – 1985) was a Southern gospel music group founded in 1946. [1] ... Around 1956, Strevel left to join the Sunshine Boys.
The Sunshine Boys (1955) U.S. Sen. Stuart Symington (1956) Jim Symington (1958) The (Lake of the Ozark) Tadpoles (1956–60) Tom Tall (1955) Dub Taylor (1956–57) Vonnie Taylor (1955–56) Zed Tennis (1955–60) Gordon Terry (1960) Tex Terry (1958) Jeannie Thomas (1960) Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys (1957, 60) Tommy Thompson ...