Effective period / Period of releases: 1950 - 2015

Members: Rev. Claude Jeter, Roosevelt Payne, John Myles (2), Solomon Womack, Henry Bossard, Percell Perkins, Paul Owens, Carl Davis (13), Louis Johnson (8)

Storied Gospel act founded 1938 in Coalwood, West Virginia.
Originally a quartet called the Four Harmony Kings but changed the name to The Silvertones due to the existence of another group with a similar name. The group were given a daily 15-minute radio slot on a programme sponsored by Knoxville, Tennessee's Swan bakery and renamed the group The Swan Silvertones at the bakery's behest.

Inducted, 2013, West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.