The Golden Gate Quartet

Formed in 1934 by Willie Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens, and Orlandus Wilson who were high school co-students in Virginia. Quickly becoming a fixture on radio in Charlotte, North Carolina, by 1938 the group was to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of John Hammond's [i]Spirituals To Swing[/i] concert. For the next 60+ years The Quartet toured nationally & internationally to worldwide acclaim.