April 2010
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936: Deacon Shumpert Watts, promoter, Radio Angel and record label owner, is born.
3rd
Rev. Danny Bell, of the Memphis Harmonizers, is born.
4th
1968: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.
2010: Tommie Lee Seymore, Sr., formerly of Slim & The Supreme Angels, died in Valdosta, GA.
5th
Robert Holland, of Doc McKenzie and The Hi-Lites, is born in Rocky Mount, NC.
6th
1961: Vaughn Vonzell "Teddy Bear" Williams, formerly of Revelation and The Gospel Keynotes, is born in Washington, DC.
2010: Geraldine Gay Hambric, the last surviving member of The Gay Sisters, died in Chicago, IL.
7th
Lamanual Boykin, formerly of The New Gospel Keynotes and The Mighty Clouds of Joy, is born.
2005: Dr. Charles Fold died in Cincinnati, Ohio.
8th
1925: James "Big Red" Anderson of The Swanee Quintet is born, Augusta, GA.
1993: Marian Anderson dies.
Robert Clark of Doc McKenzie and The Hi-Lites is born.
2009: David "Pop" Winans, Sr. dies in Nashville, TN.
9th
1988: Brook Benton (actual name Benjamin Franklin Peay) died in New York, NY.
2002: Dorothy Love Coates dies.
2009: Elder Glenwood Burden, Sr., editor-in-chief of The Good News Gazette, dies in Goldsboro, NC.
10th
1989: Bessie Griffin dies.
12th
1910: Ethel Davenport is born.
13th
1942: Percy Griffin of The Swanee Quintet
is born in Norfolk, VA
1952: Guitarist Howard Carroll joins the Dixie Hummingbirds.
14th
1929: Inez Andrews is born, Birmingham Ala.
15th
1975: Mandrill Little, formerly of Lil Blair & The Violinaires, was born in Warner Robins, GA.
16th
2004: Rev. Roger Bryant of the Jackson Southernaires dies in Brandon, MS.
17th
2004: Tommy Spann (son of Rev. Tommy Spann) of the Brooklyn Allstars dies in New York
19th
1901: Mother Gertrude Ward was born in Anderson, SC.
2007: Amos Deering, the baritone singer for The Star Lite Singers of Lexington, MS, died.
2007: James B. Davis, founding member of The Dixie Hummingbirds, died.
20th
1934: David 'Pop' Winans, Sr. was born in Detroit, MI.
2006: Lonnie Brown, Jr., an original member of the group Anointed, died.
21st
1924: Clara Ward is born, Philadelphia, PA.
2007: Mildred Clark, lead singer of Mildred Clark & The Kansas City Melodyaires, died in Kansas City, KS.
22nd
1915: Carey "Squeaky" Bradley lead singer of the Original Kings of Harmony is born.
1921: Eugene Smith , a member of the Roberta Martin Singers, is born.
Tony White of Doc McKenzie and The Hi-Lites is born.
23rd
Roy "Mr. Malaco" Wooten is born in Jackson, MS.
1926: The Birmingham Jubilee Singers record "He Took My Sins Away."
24th
Eric B. McKenzie of the The Hi-Lite Juniors is born.
1959: Dwight Gordon of The Williams Brothers and Mighty Clouds of Joy is born in Los Angeles, CA.
2009: Rev. Timothy Wright died at the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
25th
2008: Elmo Franklin, of The Mighty Clouds of Joy, dies in Louisiana.
26th
1999: Jerry Swindell of the Swindell Brothers dies.
27th
Howard Carroll, of the Dixie Hummingbirds, is born.
Toiann Leach, of the Bell Singers of Memphis, TN, is born.
28th
1939: The Selah Jubilee Singers record "Traveling Shoes."
1976: Willie Bobo, bass singer for the Dixie Hummingbirds, dies in Philadelphia, PA.
29th
1936: Mitchell's Christian Singers record "Who Was John?"
Doc McKenzie, of Doc McKenzie and The Hi-Lites, is born in Olanta, SC.
2007: Clara Walker, of The Gospel Redeemers, died in New York, NY.
30th
1896: Rev. Gary Davis is born.
Al Hollis, of Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC'S, is born.
Rev. Ruben Willingham & The Swanee Quintet's biggest hit song was "Sit Down Servant" (1953). Their first guitarist, William Crawford, is said to have brought the electric guitar to gospel music. R&B superstar James Brown credits the Swanee Quintet as being a major influence on his music.
Brook Benton is known for his R&B recordings, but he actually started singing with The Camden Jubilee Singers, Camden, SC. He also sang with The Langfordaires, The Golden Gate Quartet, and the Jerusalem Stars.
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