Effective period / Period of releases: 1940 - 2003

Members: Orlandus Wilson, Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Jimmy Crawford, William Langford, Clyde Riddick, Clyde Wright, Julius Caleb Ginyard, Benjamin Franklin Peay, Orville Brooks, Paul Brembly, Calvin Williams (4), Joseph Johnson (10)

Formed in 1934 by Willie Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens, and Orlandus Wilson who were high school co-students in Virginia. Quickly becoming a fixture on radio in Charlotte, North Carolina, by 1938 the group was to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of John Hammond's Spirituals To Swing concert. For the next 60+ years The Quartet toured nationally & internationally to worldwide acclaim.