J.B, Long, Kinston, North Carolina storekeeper and would-be music impresario, whose discoveries we have heard here before, held a gospel quartet competition in 1934. This group, the first-place winners, got several recording sessions in New York, while Long, as usual, got most of the money.
Mitchell's Christian Singers: William Brown, lead; Julius Davis, tenor; Louis Davis, baritone; Sam Bryant, bass.
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