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Infobox musical artist | name = The Fairfield Four| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Nashville, Tennessee | genre = A cappella , Gospel music|gospel | years_active = 1921& ndash;present| label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Reverend Sam McCrary
James Hill (baritone)
Isaac 'Dickie' Freeman (bass)
Willie Richardson
Robert Hamlett
Ed Hall
Joe Thompson
Edward Thomas (tenor)
Willie Frank Lewis (utility)| past_members = Harold Carrethers (baritone)
Rufus Carrethers (bass)
John Battle (lead)
Lattimer Green (second lead)
Wilson 'Lit' Waters
Joseph Rice
Roscoe Shelton cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169767/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Roscoe Shelton|author=Viglione, Joe |publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=March 22, 2010
Bobby Hebb The Fairfield Four is a gospel music|gospel musical ensemble|group that has existed for over 90 years. They started as a trio in Nashville, Tennessee 's Fairfield Baptist Church in 1921. http://www.keithcase.com/profiles/Fair/bio.html "The Fairfield Four" They were designated as National Heritage Fellows in 1989 by the National Endowment for the Arts . The group won the 1998 Grammy Awards of 1998|Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. As a quintet, they featured briefly in the film|motion picture O Brother, Where Art Thou? .

The group gained more popular recognition after appearing on John Fogerty 's 1997 album Blue Moon Swamp , singing on the track "A Hundred and Ten in the Shade". They also undertook live appearances with Fogerty.

Awards


  • National Endowment for the Arts , National Heritage Award , 1989

  • Tennessee Lifetime Achievement Award, 1994

  • Nashville Music Award Lifetime Achievement Award, 1995

  • James Cleveland Stellar Award, 1996

  • Grammy Award , Best Traditional Gospel Recording, for ''I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray , 1997

  • Gospel Music Hall of Fame , inducted in 1999


    • Discography


    Singles


  • "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around/Standing in The Safety Zone", Dot, 1947

  • "When I Get up in Heaven/Amazing Grace", Dot, 1947

  • "Tree of Level/Jesus Met the Woman at the Well", Dot, 1949

  • "Dear Lord, Look Down Upon Me/Savior Don't Pass Me By", Dot, 1949

  • "In The Wilderness/Let Me Tell You About Jesus", Dot, 1949

  • "In The Upper Room/I'll Tell The World", Dot, 1950

  • "I Don't Know Why I Have to Cry/When I Move in the Room", Dot, 1950

  • "Don't Drive Your Children Away/Does Jesus Care", Dot, 1950

  • "Nobody To Depend On/Old Time Religion", Dot, 1950

  • "No Room at the Inn/Talking About Jesus", Dot, 1950

  • "I Love The Name Jesus/Leave Them There", Dot, 1950

  • "On My Journey Now/Love Like a River", Dot, 1950

  • "Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow/Don't Drive Her Away", Dot, 1950

  • "Packing Every Burden/Don't Leave Me", Dot, 1951

  • "My Prayer/Come on to This Altar", Dot, 1951

  • "Waiting for Me/Angels Watching", Dot, 1951

  • "I'm in Your Care/I Can Tell You the Time", Dot, 1951

  • "When We Bow/Let's Go", Dot, 1951

  • "Hope To Shout in Glory/All the Way", Dot, 1951

  • "I'll Be Satisfied/I've Got Good Religion", Dot, 1951

  • "Come Over Here/Who Is That Knocking", Dot, 1953

  • "His Eye Is on the Sparrow/Every Day", Dot, 1953

  • "How I Got Over/This Evening Our Father", Dot, 1953

  • "Stand by Me/Hear Me When I Pray", Dot, 1953

  • "When The Battle Is Over/Standing on the Rock", Dot, 1953

  • "Somebody Touched Me/Mother Don't Worry", Dot, 1953

  • "We Never Grow Old/Jesus in Heaven", Dot, 1954

  • "God Knows I'm a Pilgrim/Heaven in My View", Dot, 1954


    • Albums


  • Standing in the Safety Zone , Warner Bros. Records , 1992

  • ''I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray , Warner Bros. Records, 1997

  • ''Wreckin' the House , Dead Reckoning , 1998

  • Fairfield Four and Friends Live from Mountain Stage , Blue Plate , 2000

  • The Bells Are Tolling , Ace, 2001

  • Road to Glory , Fuel, 2001

  • Beautiful Stars , Isaac Freeman and the Bluebloods, Lost Highway , 2002


    • Other contributions


  • " The Reverend Mr. Black|Lonesome Valley ", on O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) , 2000

  • Lifted: Songs of the Spirit (2002, Sony / Hear Music ) - "Roll Jordan Roll"


    • References


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    Further reading


  • http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/fairfield-four-biography "Fairfield Four" Contemporary Musicians. Ed. Angela M. Pilchak. Vol. 49. Thomson Gale, 2005. March 27, 2007

  • Billboard, July 22, 2000, p.& nbsp;6.

  • Capital Times (Madison, WI), June 4, 2001, p.& nbsp;3A.

  • Denver Post, July 31, 1998, p. E7.

  • Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia), July 14, 2000, p.& nbsp;96.

  • Independent (London, England), July 12, 2000, p.& nbsp;6.

  • Nashville Scene, February 26, 1998.

  • Sarasota Herald Tribune, April 15, 1999, p.& nbsp;5E.

  • Seattle Times, July 8, 2000, p. A4

  • https://www.alamhof.org/Fairfield.htm Alabama Hall of Fame, (March 19, 2004).

  • Bill Friskics-Warren http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/music/02warr.html? ei=5124& en=b2617d5416c22a36& ex=1354165200& partner=permalink& exprod=permalink& pagewanted=all Adding Notes to a Folklorist’s Tunes New York Times December 2, 2007


    • External links


  • http://search.publicradio.org/phc/query.html? col=mpr& qc=mpr& qp=site%3Aprairiehome.publicradio.org& qt=%22fairfield+four%22& x=0& y=0 Performances on the Prairie Home Companion

  • Jerry Zolten|Zolten, Jerry , ''Great God A' Mighty!:The Dixie Hummingbirds - Celebrating The Rise Of Soul Gospel Music, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-515272-7.


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