The Spirit of Menphis Quartet
Founded in 1930, the Spirit of Memphis Quartet are more a continual concept than a set band, changing membership over the years as musicians drop in and out of the lineup. In fact, it's not exactly a quartet; in the mid-1980s there were eight members, five of whom sang. The core of the group was usually lead Jethro Bledsoe, tenor Robert Reed, and bass singer Earl Malone, all of whom joined in the 1930s; Bledsoe retired in 1977, but Reed and Malone were still active with the act into the 1980s. They recorded in the quartet style for King in the early 1950s, then switched to Peacock for much of the 1950s and 1960s. They rehearsed the song "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" with Elvis Presley in Graceland and were scheduled to record it with him in 1976, but the session was canceled due to an Elvis illness. The group recorded an album of soul-influenced gospel for David Evans' indie High Water label in the mid-1980s.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Traveling On
Gospel - Released by Highwater Records on 1 jan. 1997
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Negro Spirituals, Vol. 5 (EP of 1958)
Pop - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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Singt Negro Spirituals (EP of 1962)
Gospel - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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Were You There
The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet
Gospel - Released by DcE Music on 27 nov. 2020
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If I Should Miss Heaven (Album of 1962)
Pop - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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Negro Spirituals (10 Inch Album of 1952)
Gospel - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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The Day Is Passed and Gone (Singles Of 1949 - 1950)
Pop - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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Workin' Till the Day Is Done
Gospel - Released by Night & Time Records on 6 jan. 2013
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Everytime I Feel the Spirit (Singles1950 - 1952)
Gospel - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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I Will Trust in the Lord (Singels 1952 - 1954)
Gospel - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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Spirituals, Vol. 6 (Album of 1956)
Gospel - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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Ease My Troubled Mind
Mahalia Jackson, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel - Released by DcE Music on 20 nov. 2020
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Spirituals, Vol. 2 (Album of 1958)
Gospel - Released by Gospel Train on 31 okt. 2020
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Run All the Way
Mahalia Jackson, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet, Sam Cooke
Gospel - Released by DcE Music on 20 nov. 2020
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These Are They
Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet
Gospel - Released by DcE Music on 20 nov. 2020
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