The Swan Silvertones are an American gospel music group that first achieved popularity in the 1940s and 1950s under the leadership of Claude Jeter.[1] Jeter formed the group in 1938 as the "Four Harmony Kings" while he was working as a coal miner in West Virginia, United States.[1] After moving to Knoxville, Tennessee and obtaining their own radio show, the group changed its name to the Silvertone Singers in order to avoid confusion with another ensemble known as the "Four Kings of Harmony." They added the name Swan shortly thereafter, since Swan Bakeries sponsored their show.[1] Their wide exposure through radio brought them a contract in 1946 with King Records.[1]
^ abcdColin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 430. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
The SwanSilvertones are an American gospel music group that first achieved popularity in the 1940s and 1950s under the leadership of Claude Jeter. Jeter...
one of the most popular gospel quartets of the post-war era – the SwanSilvertones. He was also, at one time, a member of the Dixie Hummingbirds. Jeter...
justice on Judgment Day. It was recorded in the 1950s by Les Baxter, the SwanSilvertones, the Weavers and others, before Nina Simone recorded an extended version...
Springfields The Statler Brothers The Stylistics The Supremes The SwanSilvertones The Temptations The Tokens Tavares The Valentinos The Vogues The Wanted...
evoke male gospel harmonies, as exemplified by groups such as the SwanSilvertones, the Sensational Nightingales, and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi...
evoke male gospel harmonies, as exemplified by groups such as the SwanSilvertones, the Sensational Nightingales, and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi...
Staples Mavis Staples Keith Staten Candi Staton Ruben Studdard The SwanSilvertones Jimmy Swaggart Tamela Mann Take 6 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Charles Davis...
harmonies, as exemplified by groups he was familiar with such as the SwanSilvertones, the Sensational Nightingales, and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi;...
Temptations (1972) "Father Time" – Lowell Fulson (1963) "Father Alone" – The SwanSilvertones (1946) "Patsy Girl" – Ross MacManus (1964) "My Son Calls Another Man...
Mississippi, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, The Soul Stirrers, the SwanSilvertones, the Charioteers, and the Golden Gate Quartet. Many other gospel musicians...
gospel groups the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Harmonizing Four and the SwanSilvertones. Instead, the Contours, who had turned up to the studio to record their...
music group The Harmonizing Four, and he remembered groups such as the SwanSilvertones and the Soul Stirrers (featuring a young Sam Cooke) as regular visitors...
gospel music to which Simon was listening at that time, especially the SwanSilvertones and their song "Mary Don't You Weep". The name of the title track was...
such as the Dixie Hummingbirds, Pilgrim Travelers, Soul Stirrers, SwanSilvertones, Sensational Nightingales and Five Blind Boys of Mississippi introduced...
Conundrum of Black Joy". Museum of Black Joy. Retrieved December 2, 2021. "SwanSilvertones – Pittsburgh Music History". sites.google.com. Retrieved December 2...
Clovers The 5th Dimension The Five Keys The Four Knights The Harptones Jay and The Americans The Marcels The Shirelles The Skyliners The SwanSilvertones...
Hummingbirds, Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes, The SwanSilvertones, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Jim & Jesse. 1967: Muddy Waters, Joan...
Album included The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama, The Cavaliers and The SwanSilvertones. If You Love These Blues by Wolkin & Keenom (Miller Freeman Books,...
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