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John Daniel Sumner (November 19, 1924 – November 16, 1998) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and music promoter noted for his bass voice, and his innovation in the Christian and Gospel music fields.
The reunited Statesmen sung at Presley's funeral. In the fall of 1980, Hess, Lister, and Rozell assembled a new group with James Blackwood and J.D. Sumner. As a result, the southern gospel group the Masters V was born. They toured from 1981 until 1988 when illnesses prompted several of the members to retire from full-time singing.
The lineup with Bill Shaw, James, Cecil, and J.D. Sumner (who for many years was unchallenged as the Guinness World Record holder for having the lowest human voice on record, and was only superseded after Guinness started accepting vocal fry as part of the vocal range) is considered the classic version of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet, with ...
The group featured J.D. Sumner as bass, Rosie Rozell and then Steve Warren as tenor, James Blackwood and Jake Hess alternating between lead and baritone, and Lister on piano. [2] Their self-titled debut album, The Masters V , won the 1981 Grammy Award for best traditional gospel performance . [ 3 ]
John Sumner (actor) (died 1649), English theatre actor during the Caroline era J. D. Sumner (1924–1998), American gospel singer and songwriter John Sumner (director) (1924–2013), English-born Australian artistic director and founder of Melbourne Theatre Company
Arthur Miller, 89, American playwright (Death of a Salesman, A View from the Bridge, The Crucible, congestive heart failure. [61] Frederick W. Mote, 82, American sinologist. [62] Fritz Scholder, 67, American native American artist. [63] Jack Segal, 86, American pianist and composer.
The recording also featured J.D. Sumner singing the words "way on down" at the end of each chorus down to the note low C (C2). At the end of the song, this phrase is octaved, reaching a double low C (C1, three octaves below middle C). [5] This note was first accomplished by Sumner in a 1966 recording of the hymn "Blessed Assurance".
In late October 1972, Richard Sterban, the bass with J. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, left that group and joined the Oak Ridge Boys. The quartet that appeared on Hee Haw in 1972 consisted of Willie Wynn, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban.