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Biography
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The Prisonaires
Effective period / Period of releases: 1953 - 1996
Members: William Stewart (2), Johnny Bragg, Marcell Saunders, Ed Thurman, John Drue, Robert S. Riley
Rhythm 'n' blues groupComprised by inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. Discovered by the radio broadcaster Joe Calloway.Their only hit "Just Walkin' in the Rain" became, some years later after 1953, a million seller for Johnnie Ray.