Rosa nell speer powell biography examples
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The Speer Family, (also The Speers) a Southern Gospel family group, was founded in 1921 by George Thomas ("Dad") Speer (1891–1966), his wife Lena Speer ("Mom"), and his sister and brother-in-law Pearl Claborn and Logan Claborn.
Within two years, the group had become so successful that George Thomas Speer decided to make the group full-time. In the late 1920s, the group established a working relationship with the James David Vaughan Music Company, selling songbooks.
However, the group's success proved to be insufficient to support two families' budgets. In 1925, Logan and Pearl Claborn left the group; Logan returned to his job as a carpenter.
To fill the void, "Dad" Speer enlisted 5-year-old Brock Speer and 3-year-old Rosa Nell Speer to sing with him and his wife. The group's concerts featured several duet songs by "Dad" and "Mom" Speer, and several songs with Brock singing alto and Rosa Nell singing lead.
In 1934,
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Ben Speer
American singer
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| Born | June 26, 1930 Double Springs, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 2017(2017-04-07) (aged 86) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Thompson Lane, Nashville, Tennessee |
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Ben Lacy Speer (June 26, 1930 – April 7, 2017)[1] was a singer, musician, music publisher, and record company executive. He sang for The Speer Family for most of his career.[2] Speer later became the music director of the Gaither Homecoming programs. He was born in Double Springs, Alabama, the youngest child of Lena and G.T. Speer[3] (affectionately known as "Mom" and "Dad" Speer to most people in Southern gospel music), who originally led t
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Anna Gordon Davis (1917 – 2004)
Inducted in 2005
Anna was an original member of the legendary Chuck Wagon Gang. Born Effie Carter on February 15, 1917, in Noel, MO, she learned to sing as a child from the example of her parents, David and Carrie Carter.
In 1935, she contracted pneumonia and it was this situation and the need for medicine that prompted her father to take his oldest son Ernest and his oldest daughter Lola to audition for a spot on Lubbock, TX, KFYO. After recovering, Effie also joined the group and, as the Carter Quartet, they sang at the station daily for the next year. In 1936, the four Carters auditioned and received a spot of Ft Worth’s powerful WBAP radio and, for the next 15 years, sang on a daily program sponsored by Bewley Flour Mills under the name the Chuck Wagon Gang.
The names of the individual group members also changed and Effie became known as Anna. As a member of the Chuck Wagon Gang, Anna’s smooth alto voice characterized one of the best-known