The Swan Silvertones
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Biography
[Edit]The Swan Silvertones are a premier gospel group and one of the great music experiences awaiting anyone who has never heard them. If you are not a fan of gospel music or "religious" music of any kind, don't let that fact deter you from having this unique listening experience. This is pure music at the highest level.
The a cappella quartet Four Harmony Kings was created by tenor Claude Jeter in 1938 in Coalwood, WV, but the name was changed to the Swan Silvertones when they began a 15-minute radio show sponsored by the Swan Bakery Company on the Knoxville station WBIR in 1942. They developed a national reputation during their contract with King Records from 1946 to 1951, recording some 21 recordings (mostly in the jubilee gospel style) including "I Cried Holy" and "Go Ahead." They joined Specialty Records from 1951 to 1953, but issued only four singles (in a more contemporary, harder style) before they were dropped by that label. The early group had lead singers Jeter and Solomon Womack, tenors Robert Crenshaw and John Manson, baritone John H. Myles, and bass Henry K. Bossard.
They really came into their own when they signed and recorded with Vee-Jay and recorded with that label from 1956 through 1964. The smoother Vee-Jay sound is probably due to arranger Paul Owens, who joined the group in 1952. Influenced by vocal jazz groups like the Four Freshmen and the Hi-Los, Owens smoothed out the sound and made it more contemporary, even progressive. Starting in 1956, the group began adding instruments to what had been up until then a purely vocal or a cappella sound. The excellent guitarist Linwood Hargrove added greatly to the emerging Vee-Jay sound and the additions (on recordings) of jazz sidemen Bob Cranshaw on bass and Walter Perkins — founding members of MJT (3) — on drums completed the sound.
Perhaps their greatest hit was "Oh Mary Don't You Weep," released in 1959 — an incredible listening experience. It is in this song that Claude Jeter intones the phrase "I'll be a bridge over deep water, if you trust in my name" that inspired Paul Simon to compose "Bridge Over Troubled Water" some years later. The Swan Silvertones had a great effect on many rock (Al Kooper) and country (Gary Stewart) artists. During their nine years at Vee-Jay, the main members of the group were tenor (and falsetto) Claude Jeter, baritone John H. Myles, tenor Paul Owens, and bass William Conner. Other singers who were in the group during that time were tenors Dewey Young, Robert Crutcher, and Louis Johnson. When Vee-Jay closed in 1965, the group moved to Hob Records, where they did one last album before Claude Jeter left to record on his own and focus on his ministry.
Title: Platinum Gospel: The Swan Silvertones
Artist: The Swan Silvertones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Golden Gospel Classics: The Swan Silvertones
Artist: The Swan Silvertones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Gospel Music Anthology: The Swan Silvertones Vol. II (Remastered)
Artist: The Swan Silvertones
Genre: Gospel
Title: Top 60 Classics - The Very Best Of The Swan Silvertones (CD1)
Artist: The Swan Silvertones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Gospel
Title: Top 60 Classics - The Very Best Of The Swan Silvertones (CD2)
Artist: The Swan Silvertones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Gospel
Title: What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Artist: The Swan Silvertones, The Pilgrim Travelers, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy
Genre: Gospel
Title: The Swan Silvertones 1946-1951
Artist: The Swan Silvertones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Gospel
Collections
Title: Gospel Christmas Highlights
Genre: Gospel, Traditional Pop Music
Title: A Vee-Jay Christmas
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Platinum Gospel-The Greatest Hits of Black Gospel
Genre: Gospel
Title: Platinum Gospel-Songs of Hope
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel the Old Time Way
Genre: Rock
Title: Gospel Classics
Genre: Gospel
Title: 100 Greatest Gospel Classics
Genre: Gospel
Title: The Ultimate Christmas Collection
Genre: Folk
Title: Inspirational Gospel, Vol. 1
Genre: Gospel
Title: Hallelujah! Black Gospel Favorites
Genre: Gospel
Title: The Gospel Tradition - Classic Field Recordings
Genre: Gospel
Title: The Amazing Sounds of Gospel Music Vol.5
Genre: Gospel
Title: Platinum Gospel- Songs of Praise
Genre: Gospel
Title: 100 Christian Classics
Genre: Gospel
Title: Heaven's Journey
Genre: Gospel
Title: Waiting for Jesus - Original Black Gospel, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Gospel Christmas Hits
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: More Christmas, With Feeling
Genre:
Title: Great Day Coming (50 Gospel Greats) - Disc One
Genre: Rock
Title: Thanksgiving Gospel Celebration
Genre:
Title: Platinum Gospel - Gospel Christmas
Genre: Gospel
Title: Golden Gospel Memories
Genre: Gospel
Title: A Gospel Holiday
Genre:
Title: Inspirational Gospel, Vol. 2
Genre: Gospel
Title: Songs of Worship, Vol 2
Genre: Gospel
Title: The Barack Obama Victory (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Songs of Worship Vol. 1
Genre: Gospel
Title: Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Gospel Greats - Classic Songs
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Gospel Legends
Title: Old Time Religion Gopsel Favorites
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel les grands classiques
Genre: Gospel, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Greatest Gospel Album Vol. 1
Genre: Gospel
Title: The History of Black Gospel, Vol. 5
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel Pearls
Genre: Gospel
Title: Easter Gospel Favorites
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel Live!
Genre: Gospel
Title: Great Gospel Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Gospel
Title: Great Black Gospel Hits, Volume 4
Genre: Gospel
Title: Kings of the Gospel Highway
Genre: Rock
Title: Nelson Mandela - Freedom's Hero
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Gospel Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel For All
Genre: Gospel
Title: Great Gospel Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Gospel
Title: Closer Walk With Thee
Genre: Gospel
Title: Hallelujah! - Best of Southern Gospel
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel Box (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Gospel
Title: Jesus Is the Answer the Soul of Gospel Series
Genre: Gospel
Title: The Specialty Story CD 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Great Black Gospel Music (CD 2)
Genre: Gospel
Title: Let My People Go, Negro Spirituals CD1
Genre: Gospel
Title: Let My People Go, Negro Spirituals CD2
Genre: Gospel
Title: Atomic Platters (CD3)
Genre: Disco
Title: Swampbilly Shindig (CD2)
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: Great Gospel - No Tears In Heaven
Genre: Gospel
Title: Great Gospel - Maybe The Last Time
Genre: Gospel
Title: Swinging Gospel
Genre: Gospel, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Gospel Funk
Title: Great Day Coming: 50 Gospel Greats (CD1)
Genre: Gospel
Title: Great Day Coming: 50 Gospel Greats (CD2)
Genre: Gospel
Title: Essential Gospel Anthology (CD2)
Genre: Gospel
Title: Essential Gospel Anthology (CD1)
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel: The Absolutely Essential 3 CDCollection (CD1)
Genre: Gospel
Title: Gospel: The Absolutely Essential 3 CDCollection (CD3)
Genre: Gospel
Title: A Soul Awakening From Sacred To Secular (CD5)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Featuring albums
Title: The History of Black Gospel Volume 5
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Gospel, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Christian Rock, Christian Country Music
Title: The History of Black Gospel Volume 7
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Gospel, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Christian Rock, Christian Country Music
Title: Greatest Gospel Hits
Artist: Vários Artistas / Varios Artistas
Genre: Gospel, Christian Rock, Christian Country Music
Title: Kings Of The Gospel Highway
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Great Gospel Classics: Songs of Praise & Worship, Vol. 4
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Gospel
Title: Great Gospel Classics: Songs of Praise & Worship (Vol. 5)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Gospel
Title: Free At Last: The Great Gospel Album
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Jesus Rocked the Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Gospel