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The Golden Gate Quartet

Profile:

Formed in 1934 by Willie Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens, and Orlandus Wilson who were high school co-students in Virginia. Quickly becoming a fixture on radio in Charlotte, North Carolina, by 1938 the group was to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of John Hammond's Spirituals To Swing concert. For the next 60+ years The Quartet toured nationally & internationally to worldwide acclaim.

Sites:

singers.com , sww.sghistory.com , Wikipedia , adp.library.ucsb.edu , adp.library.ucsb.edu

Aliases:

The Gates (3), The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet

Members:

Benjamin Franklin Peay, Calvin Williams (4), Clyde Riddick, Clyde Wright, Henry Owens, Jimmy Crawford, Joseph Johnson (10), Julius Caleb Ginyard, Orlandus Wilson, Orville Brooks, Paul Brembly, William Langford, Willie Johnson

In Groups:

The Giants Of Jazz (3)

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