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    The Fairfield Four
    The Fairfield Four

    American gospel group founded in the Fairfield Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1921. While typically performing as a quartet, they were founded as a trio and have also been a quintet.


    Also known as Fairfield Four, The Fairfield Four Quartet, The Famous Fairfield Four, The Fairfield Five Singers.

    John Battle (lead tenor vocals, 1921-47)
    Harold Caruthers (baritone vocals, bass vocals, piano, 1921-46)
    Rufus Caruthers (bass vocals, baritone vocals, 1921-44, 1946-48)
    Lattimer Green (tenor vocals, 1925-28)
    James Dotson (tenor vocals, 1928-30)
    William Malone (tenor vocals, 1930-35)
    Nathaniel Irvin (tenor vocals, 1935-40)
    Sam McCrary (lead vocals, 1935-54, 1958-60, 1980-88)
    George Gracie (tenor vocals, 1941-46)
    Willie Frank Lewis (bass vocals, baritone vocals, 1944-53)
    James Hill (baritone vocals, 1946-49, 1980-2000)
    Isaac Freeman (bass vocals, 1948-49, 1980-2012)
    Preston York (tenor vocals, 1949-54)
    Edward Thomas (lead tenor vocals, 1949)
    Willie Love (lead tenor vocals, 1950-82)
    Clarence "Baby" Brooks (baritone vocals, 1950-54)
    George McCurn (bass vocals, 1950-54)
    Willmer M. Broadnax (lead vocals, baritone vocals, 1953-54)
    Thomas Huggins, Jr. (baritone vocals, 1955-59)
    Ben Vaughn (bass vocals, 1955-59)
    Clarence Mills (lead vocals, 1958-60)
    Joe Henderson (bass vocals, guitar, 1958-60)
    Huey Brown (vocals, 1958-60)
    David Aron (vocals, 1958-60)
    Roscoe Robinson (vocals, 1958-60)
    Willis Williams (vocals, 1958-60)
    [a=Joe Whitaker (3)] (guitar, 1980-82)
    W.L. Richardson (lead tenor vocals, 1982-95)
    Wilson Waters (tenor vocals, 1982-95)
    Robert Hamlett (tenor vocals, 1984-90, 1995-2014)
    Walter Settles (lead vocals, 1991-99)
    Joseph Rice (lead tenor vocals, 1995-2014)
    Levert Allison (lead vocals, 2000-present)
    Larrice Byrd, Sr. (baritone vocals, 2000-present)
    Edward Hall (4) (tenor vocals, 2012-14)
    Joseph Thompson (bass vocals, 2012-present)
    Bobbye Sherrell (tenor vocals, 2014-present)

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