The Homeland Harmony Quartet was an American gospel group founded in 1935.
5-499: The original lineup of the quartet was Otis Leon McCoy , Doyle Blackwood , Fred Calvin Maples , and B.C. Robinson . The group had lasting ties to the Church of God and went through more than fifty line-up changes in a career that spanned thirty years. In 1943, tenor Connor Brandon Hall joined the quartet. He would remain with the group until his death in 1992. Other notables to sing with
10-628: The course of his career, McCoy wrote hundreds of Southern gospel hymns, including Keep On The Firing Line and Heaven Bound Train . McCoy worked for the James D. Vaughan Publishing Company in Lawrenceburg. In 1931, he became the founding president of Tennessee Music and Printing, the publishing company of the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee . He served again as its president from 1934 to 1945, 1947 to 1952, and 1958 to 1961. McCoy died in 1995. He
15-515: The group include basses Big Jim Waits and Johnny Atkinson , Lee Roy Abernathy and baritone James McCoy . The line-up of Hall, Abernathy, J. McCoy, Shorty Bradford , and A.D.Soward that formed in 1947 is widely considered to have been a seminal influence on both pop and further gospel musical stylings. This article on a United States singing group is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Otis Leon McCoy Otis Leon McCoy (February 17, 1897 – March 27, 1995)
20-419: Was an American gospel singer-songwriter and music teacher. He was the president of Tennessee Music and Printing, the publishing company of the Church of God , and he wrote hundreds of Southern gospel hymns. McCoy was born on February 17, 1897. His grandfather was Thomas Jackson Denson and his great-uncle was Seaborn McDaniel Denson . McCoy learned to sing Sacred Harp music from his grandfather, and he
25-673: Was educated at the James D. Vaughan School of Music in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee . McCoy was a singer-songwriter of Southern gospel . From 1923 to the 1930s, McCoy was a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, a band whose members included Adger M. Pace , William Burton Walbert and Hilman Barnard. In 1942, McCoy joined the Homeland Harmony Quartet , whose members included James McCoy, B. C. Robinson, and Connor Brandon Hall. Over
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