Gateway Singers

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The Gateway Singers were an American folk music group who achieved national prominence in the US in the late 1950s. [1] The group was included in the Smithsonian's Folk Song America compilation. [2] They are best known for their song "Puttin' on the Style", which sold one million copies and was later used in a beer commercial. [3]

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Gateway Singers member Lou Gottlieb left the band, [4] obtained his PhD in musicology from the University of California and then formed The Limeliters. Travis Edmonson left the Gateway Singers to form the duo Bud & Travis with Bud Dashiell. [3]

The group split in 1961, although three of the members—Milt Chapman, Betty Mann, and Jerry Walter—continued performing as the "Gateway Trio", [4] and released albums for Capitol Records. [5]

The Ed Sullivan Show reportedly cancelled a Gateway Singers appearance after executives from the CBS television network objected to showing a mixed-race group. [6]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "The Gateway Singers in Hi Fi". Travisedmonson.com. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Folk Song America Vol 1 @ARTISTdirect". Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Cohen, Ronald D. (2002). Rainbow quest : the folk music revival and American society, 1940 - 1970 (cop.2002. ed.). Amherst [u.a.]: Univ. of Massachusetts Press. pp.  95. ISBN   978-1-55849-348-3.
  4. 1 2 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 948. ISBN   0-85112-939-0.
  5. ↑ "The Gateway Singers Biography by AllMusic". ALLMUSIC. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  6. ↑ Simpson, Janice C. (July 30, 2010). "Hugh Hefner: Civil Rights Activist?". Theroot.com. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
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