The Soul Stirrers
The Soul Stirrers | |
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| Origin | Trinity, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Gospel |
| Years active | 1926–1960s |
| Members | Willie Rogers Ben Odom Gene Stewart Michael Grady Jr. |
| Past members | Sam Cooke R.H. Harris Johnnie Taylor Julius Cheeks Paul Foster James Phelps Jesse J. Farley Jimmy Outler John Rawls Thomas Breuster Jackie Banks Roy Crain Bob King Arthur Crume Leroy Crume Dillard Crume Rufus Crume Late James Davis James Hardy Frank Davis Calvin Henderson Luther Gamble Eddie Huffman Justin Morris Earnest Smith Jackie Heard Glenn Darden Gary Blackshear Sonny Mitchell Richard Gibbs Sr. |
The Soul Stirrers were an American gospel music group, whose career spans over eighty years. The group was a pioneer in the development of the quartet style of gospel, and a major influence on Soul, R&B, Doo-wop, and Southern soul, some of the secular music that owed much to gospel.