Gloria Walker

In 1967, Curtis Davis of Milledgeville began recruiting young musicians from the area to form a band which became known as The Chevelles. Members were recent graduates or current students of J.F. Boddie High School, including Gloria Walker who became their frontwoman.Following their success, Gloria performed at the Apollo Theater in New York in October of 1968. She would turn down individual touring opportunities with James Brown and record deals with labels because they did not include the whole group. They again toured central Georgia but dissolved by mid-1969.
Gloria would go on to produce individual records and later DJ around the area, but never regained the notoriety she had in 1968.