The Soul Stirrers

The Soul Stirrers
The Soul Stirrers
Origin	Trinity, Texas, United States
Genres	Gospel
Years active	1926–1960s
Members	Willie Rogers; Ben Odom; Gene Stewart; Michael Grady Jr.
Past members	Sam Cooke; Paul Foster; Jesse J. Farley ; Johnnie Taylor; Jimmy Outler; John Rawls; Martin Jacox; Thomas Breuster; Jackie Banks; Roy Crain; R.H. Harris; Bob King; Julius Cheeks; James Phelps; Arthur Crume; Leroy Crume; Dillard Crume; Rufus Crume; Late James Davis; James Hardy; Frank Davis; Calvin Henderson; Luther Gamble; Eddie Huffman; Justin Morris; Earnest Smith; Jackie Heard; Glenn Darden; Gary Blackshear; Sonny Mitchell

The Soul Stirrers were an American gospel music group, whose career spans over eighty years.^[1] The group was a pioneer in the development of the quartet style of gospel, and a major influence on Soul, Doo wop, and the Motown sound, some of the secular music that owed much to gospel.

^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 410. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.

[Larkin50-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 410. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.

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