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The Fairfield Four is an American gospel group that has existed for over 100 years, starting as a trio in the Fairfield Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1921. [1] They were designated as National Heritage Fellows in 1989 by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
Label. Fairfield Four Records. The Fairfield Four chronology. Beautiful Stars. (2002) Still Rockin' My Soul. (2015) Still Rockin' My Soul is an album by the Fairfield Four. [1] [2] [3] It earned the group a Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album.
The McCrary Sisters. The McCrary Sisters are an American gospel music quartet from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2010 by sisters Ann McCrary, Deborah McCrary, Regina McCrary, and Alfreda McCrary. They have released four studio albums and one live album: Our Journey (2010), All the Way (2013), Let's Go (2015), Live (2017) and A Very McCrary ...
vocals. Years active. 1988–present. Labels. Daywind. Beverly Ann McCrary (born August 24, 1950) is an American gospel musician and Christian R&B singer, who is a traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, and Christian pop recording artist. She started her music career, in 1988, and released one studio album, Ann McCrary, in 2002.
Willmer M. "Little Axe" Broadnax (December 28, 1916 [1] – June 1, 1992 [2]) was an American hard gospel quartet singer during the golden age of traditional black gospel.His most common nickname was "Little Axe," due to both his small stature and his brother William "Big Axe" Broadnax, who was a popular baritone.
In the early days he was also a member for a brief period of West Coast-based group the Gospel Harps. In 1950, he joined Fairfield Four and replaced Isaac Freeman who had previously replaced in Kings of Harmony. In October 1950, he recorded with the group and this marks the period of his first time recording. [2]
She began singing with the Gospel Harmonettes— then known as the Gospel Harmoneers— in the early 1940s. On September 9, 1944, She married Willie Love of The Fairfield Four, one of the most popular quartets of the early years of Gospel, but divorced him shortly thereafter. On September 24, 1959, She married Carl Coates of the Sensational ...
The Fairfield Four has recorded multiple versions of the song on various releases. [2] A version for children appears on the 1984 Cabbage Patch Kids album "A Cabbage Patch Christmas". Woody Guthrie rewrote the lyrics to the song in 1949 and adapted the song to become “Come When I Call You.”