Harmoneers Quartet

American Gospel group.
Formed in 1943 by Fred C. Maples in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Original Harmoneers:manager and baritone Fred C. Maples, bass Sidney Braden, lead Paul Stringfellow, tenor Herbert Newman, and teenaged pianist Charles Key. When the group returned in 1945, tenor vocalist Bobby Strickland and bass singer Aycel Soward had joined the group. Erman Slater joined the quartet briefly in 1946. Bass singer Seals “Low Note” Hilton, lead singer Bob Crews, and tenor Happy Edwards respectively entered the group during the period spanning from 1946 to 1948.
Bob Crews left the group in 1954 to join the new Atlanta-based Deep South Quartet. Fred Elrod took Crews’ place as lead. Happy Edwards left the group in 1956, and tenor Little Troy Lumpkin, stepped int. The Harmoneers’ temporarily disbanded in 1957. A few months later, the group re-emerged with Happy Edwards, Bob Crews, Shorty Bradford, Seals Hilton, and Charles Key.
The group continued to have personnel changes but also continued to record and tour on into the 1990's.