Sunday, February 10, 2013

Sewanee Pronounced Swanee ...


... which explains a lot (at least if you look at the label scans below).

Whatever the orthography!
The Swanee Quintet, with two songs recorded on June 2, 1958, and released that very year on Nashboro # 630.
Happy Sunday all!

The Swanee Quintet: »Where He Leads Me« / »Over in Zion« on Nashboro # 630 (1958):

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 21, 2013

    were they from sewanee, tennessee?

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  2. Hi!
    no, the Swanees were from Augusta, Georgia.

    You find a good resume of their career here:

    http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/The_Swanee_Quintet_The_72_year_old_group_with_the_James_Brown_connection/44147/p1

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