The Elders McIntorsh & Edwards’ Sanctified Singers

A Memphis gospel group led by two elders in the Chapel of God in Christ, Elders McIntorsh and Edwards’ Sanctified Performers recorded several edges for Okeh through the past due ’20s. Lonnie McIntorsh, among the market leaders, recorded four edges by himself. The group was most famous for his or her inclusion on Harry Smith’s 1952 folksong compendium Anthology of American Folk Music. The Record collection Memphis Gospel: Total Works (1927-1929) contains six sides documented by Elders McIntorsh and Edwards’ Sanctified Performers, and four by McIntorsh himself.