The Highway Qc's
Not only among the top gospel groups of the postwar era, the Highway Q.C.'s were also the launching pad for such major secular pop stars as Lou Rawls, Johnnie Taylor, and the immortal Sam Cooke. The group was formed in 1945 at Chicago's Highway Baptist Church by a number of teenagers that included Cooke, Creadell Copeland, and two pairs of brothers, Marvin & Charles Jones and Curtis & Lee Richardson. Cooke exited in 1951 to join the ranks of hometown heroes the Soul Stirrers; his replacement was Rawls, himself an alumnus of another young Windy City group, the Holy Wonders. In time, all of the Wonders' other members -- Spencer Taylor, James Walker, and Chris Flowers among them -- would join the Highway Q.C.'s as well. Rawls remained for just two years, leaving at that time to join the Los Angeles-based Chosen Gospel Singers; his substitute was Johnnie Taylor, previously of the Kansas City group the Melody Kings. The group made their debut on the Vee-Jay label in 1955; in 1956, Spencer Taylor joined, and a year later Johnnie Taylor (no relation) quit to join the Soul Stirrers, ironically enough filling the gap created by the exit of Sam Cooke. Spencer Taylor remained the Highway Q.C.'s leader throughout the decades which followed, continuing to helm the group into the '90s.
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Jesus Is Waiting
Gospel - Released by Vee-Jay Records on Jan 1, 1960
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Somewhere to Lay My Head
Funk - Released by Frank Music Corp. on Mar 17, 2000
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Count Your Blessings (The Highway QC's)
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Apr 14, 2006
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The Highway QC's Selected Hits Vol. 1
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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The Highway QC's Selected Hits Vol. 2
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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The Highway QC's Selected Hits Vol. 3
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Jun 12, 2006
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I Feel The Power
Gospel - Released by Ruffboyzmusic Group LLC - Overboard Records on Sep 18, 2020
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Highway QC's - Amazing Grace
Pop - Released by Albany on Aug 15, 2016
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I'll See Jesus Too
Gospel - Released by Classic Records on Dec 7, 2009
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He Picked Me Up (feat. Spencer Taylor Jr.)
Gospel - Released by Ruff Boyz Records on Dec 14, 2018
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The Highway QC's' The Man Called Jesus
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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Something On My MInd
Gospel - Released by Sonorous Records Inc. on Apr 26, 2024
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Every Now & Then
Miscellaneous - Released by RUFFBOYZMUSIC GROUP LLC on Mar 24, 2023
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The Legend
Gospel - Released by Marxan Records, Inc. on Jan 1, 2001
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The Highway QC's Selected Hits Vol. 4
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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Count Your Blessings
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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The Highway QC's' The Man Called Jesus
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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The Highway QC's Selected Hits Vol. 1
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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The Highway QC's Selected Hits Vol. 2
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Mar 21, 2011
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The Highway QC's Selected Hits Vol. 3
Pop - Released by Charly Records on Jun 12, 2006
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