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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Discografia
15 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Traveling On
Gospel - Pubblicato da Highwater Records il 1 gen 1997
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Negro Spirituals, Vol. 5 (EP of 1958)
Pop - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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Singt Negro Spirituals (EP of 1962)
Gospel - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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Were You There
The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet
Gospel - Pubblicato da DcE Music il 27 nov 2020
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If I Should Miss Heaven (Album of 1962)
Pop - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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Negro Spirituals (10 Inch Album of 1952)
Gospel - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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The Day Is Passed and Gone (Singles Of 1949 - 1950)
Pop - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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Workin' Till the Day Is Done
Gospel - Pubblicato da Night & Time Records il 6 gen 2013
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Everytime I Feel the Spirit (Singles1950 - 1952)
Gospel - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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I Will Trust in the Lord (Singels 1952 - 1954)
Gospel - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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Spirituals, Vol. 6 (Album of 1956)
Gospel - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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Ease My Troubled Mind
Mahalia Jackson, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel - Pubblicato da DcE Music il 20 nov 2020
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Spirituals, Vol. 2 (Album of 1958)
Gospel - Pubblicato da Gospel Train il 31 ott 2020
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Run All the Way
Mahalia Jackson, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet, Sam Cooke
Gospel - Pubblicato da DcE Music il 20 nov 2020
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These Are They
Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke, The Spirit of Menphis Quartet
Gospel - Pubblicato da DcE Music il 20 nov 2020
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