Golden Gate Quartet

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gospel vocal group musical ensemble

The Golden Gate Quartet is an influential American gospel vocal group, formed in the 1930s, renowned for its close harmonies, rhythmic innovation, and major impact on the development of gospel and popular music.

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Label Occurrences
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet 1
Golden Gate Quartet canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gospel vocal group ⓘ
musical ensemble ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1934 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Golden Gate Quartet ⓘ
surface form: Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
continuedActivity post–World War II era ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre Christian music ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
jubilee quartet ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
spirituals ⓘ
hasMember Henry Owens ⓘ
Orlandus Wilson ⓘ
William Langford ⓘ
Willie Johnson ⓘ
hasNotableBassSinger Orlandus Wilson ⓘ
heritageDesignation pioneer of modern gospel quartet style ⓘ
inception 1930s ⓘ
influenced Elvis Presley ⓘ
Sam Cooke ⓘ
The Blind Boys of Alabama ⓘ
The Dixie Hummingbirds ⓘ
The Soul Stirrers ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
notableFor close harmonies ⓘ
influence on gospel music ⓘ
influence on popular music ⓘ
rhythmic innovation ⓘ
notableWork "Golden Gate Spirituals" ⓘ
performedAt United States presidential inauguration ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt inauguration festivities
performedFor President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
performerOf "Golden Gate Gospel Train" ⓘ
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" ⓘ
"Noah" ⓘ
"Rock My Soul" ⓘ
"Swing Down Chariot" ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
recordLabel Bluebird Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
styleCharacteristic bass-led arrangements ⓘ
call-and-response vocals ⓘ
syncopated rhythms ⓘ
touringRegion Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
vocalType quartet ⓘ

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From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Golden Gate Quartet ⓘ
Golden Gate Quartet → alsoKnownAs → Golden Gate Quartet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet