Frederick Jeremiah Loudin's commanding presence and ambitious personality caused him to emerge as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jubilee Singers during the four years he toured with them.
Maggie Porter's outstanding soprano voice made her a central member of the Jubilee Singers. She went on to establish herself as a musician in her own right.
Tenor Thomas Rutling is one of four members of the Fisk Jubilee Singers who traveled continuously with the troupe during all three of its tours of the U.S. and Europe.
Ella Sheppard traveled with the Jubilee Singers for eleven years as a soprano, piano accompanist and Assistant Director. Sheppard was one of four of the troupe's members to participate in all three U.S. and European tours.
Established in January 1866 to educate newly freed slaves of all ages, Fisk University -- originally known as the Fisk Free Colored School -- would eventually become a premiere liberal arts institution.
George White's leadership of the Jubilee Singers was the culmination of a career dedicated both to music and to proving African Americans were the social and intellectual equals of whites.
The Carters crisscrossed the country, traveling to New Jersey in 1929 and 1933 for additional recording sessions, and to Louisville in 1931 to record with Jimmie Rodgers.
Ralph Peer's first Southern hit was fiddler John Carson from Atlanta, Georgia, whose first recording of The Little Old Log Cabin and The Old Hen Cackled sold more than 500,000 copies nationwide.
