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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- The Jubalaires, an influential American gospel group, kicked off their musical journey in 1933 by getting arrested for disturbing the peace. In those early days, baritone Ted Brooks was a truck driver, and bass George McFadden wouldn't have dared call himself a "singer." In their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, the boys harmonized at social clubs, school gatherings, and church festivals. Post-work, they'd hop into Ginyard's cab, find a quiet spot, and rehearse spirituals and comedy songs to broaden their repertoire.
Their run-in with the law happened on a hot night when a zealous policeman deemed their harmonizing a breach of the peace and promptly arrested them. However, after the quartet performed a series of numbers for the judge, and for Mayor John Dew (who was coincidentally in attendance), their sentence was transformed into an invitation to sing at a civic luncheon.
Mayor John Dew, later their benefactor, secured them singing waiter positions at Jacksonville's Seminole Hotel. With the Mayor's help, they embarked on a trip north, but their car broke down in a blizzard in Philadelphia. Broke and sleeping in a park, luck shone on them when they landed a gig at WCAU, the CBS station in Philadelphia. This led to a recording contract in New York and an extended stint on the "Arthur Godfrey Show," which they eventually left for a 22-state tour in 1947. Along the way, they graced leading nightclubs with their harmonious tunes.
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This would be the considered the first rap or should I say Christian rap.