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Biography
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The Mariners
Effective period / Period of releases: 1948 - 1958
Members: Arthur Godfrey, Homer Quincy Smith, Spencer Odom, Nat Dickerson, James O. Lewis, Martin Karl, Thomas Lockard
Arthur Godfrey's Mariners, an integrated vocal quartet of white and African-American Coast Guard veterans. Founded in 1942, at Manhattan Beach, New York. Members were Martin Karl, Jim Lewis, Tom Lockard, and Nat Dickerson