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Through the 1940s, the Fairfield Four had been one of the top-ranked gospel quartets, combined with the Dixie Hummingbirds, Five Blind Boys, and Soul Stirrers. Originally a gospel duet produced in the first ’20s from the pastor of Fairfield Baptist Chapel in Nashville to take up his sons, Harry and Rufus Carrethers, they truly became a gospel trio with the help of John Fight. The group was changed right into a jubilee quartet from the ’30s and started the to begin numerous personnel adjustments. They documented for RCA Victor and Columbia through the 10 years and had been known for his or her reinterpretations of regular hymns, featuring shiny, close baritone and tenor harmonies. Once the Fairfield Four sang, they used the full degree of the voices, moving very easily from deep, moving basslines towards the staccato top peaks from the tenor range, all carried out with precise, complex harmonies and ever-shifting prospects. The Fairfield Four reached their broadest target audience once the Sunway Supplement Organization sponsored a nationally broadcast radio display to them daily at 6:45 a.m. on WLAC, Nashville. At exactly the same time, they also continuing touring; it had been a grueling routine, specifically with the travel to Nashville, and frequently the group will be missing an associate or two on the display. In 1942, the quartet documented for the Library of Congress, but by 1950, everything became an excessive amount of. In conjunction with some monetary trouble along with a dwindling radio target audience, the Fairfield Four split up, though one member, Reverend Sam McCrary, utilized the group name to execute with additional quartets. In 1980, the Fairfield Four in the ’40s was reunited for the concert in Birmingham, Alabama, by Dark gospel expert Doug Seroff. In 1989, these were specified as Country wide Heritage Fellows with the Country wide Endowment for the Arts. They continue steadily to perform, although original associates are either deceased or retired.
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Norbit | 2007 | performer: "Standing in the Safety Zone", "My God Called Me This Morning" | |
Down from the Mountain | 2000 | Documentary performer: "Po Lazarus" | |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | performer: "Lonesome Valley" |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Americana Music Honors & Awards | 2015 | TV Movie | Themselves |
Praise the Lord | 2013 | TV Series | Themselves |
Down from the Mountain | 2000 | Documentary | Themselves |
Living Legends of Gospel: The Quartets, Volume 1 | 1998 | Video | Themselves |
Living Legends of Gospel: The Quartets, Volume 2 | 1998 | Video | Themselves |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1997 | TV Series | Themselves - Musical Guest |
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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2002 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | · Alison Krauss (Artist) · Union Station (Artist) · Tim Blake Nelson (Artist) · Chris Thomas King (Artist) · Emmylou Harris (Artist) · Gillian Welch (Artist) · Harley Allen (Artist) · John Hartford (Artist) · Norman Blake (Artist) · Pat Enright (Artist) · Hannah Peasall (Artist) · Leah Peasall (Artist) · Sarah Peasall (Artist) · Ralph Stanley (Artist) · Sam Bush (Artist) · Stuart Duncan (Artist) · The Cox Family (Artist) · The Whites (Artist) · Peter F. Kurland (Engineer/Mixer) · Mike Piersante (Engineer/Mixer) · Ga |
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