The Pilgrim Travelers

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The Pilgrim Travelers were an influential American gospel group active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s, known for their innovative harmonies and for launching the career of singer Lou Rawls.

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The Pilgrim Travelers canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gospel group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activePeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Lou Rawls ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era post-World War II gospel era ⓘ
genre African-American gospel ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
influenced Lou Rawls ⓘ
later soul and R&B vocal styles ⓘ
knownFor helping launch the career of Lou Rawls ⓘ
influential gospel recordings in the 1940s and 1950s ⓘ
innovative vocal harmonies ⓘ
musicalInnovation use of rhythmic foot-tapping and microphone techniques in gospel performance ⓘ
notability considered one of the leading gospel groups of the late 1940s and early 1950s ⓘ
notableMember James Moore ⓘ
Jesse Whitaker ⓘ
Keith Barber ⓘ
Kylo Turner ⓘ
Lou Rawls ⓘ
partOf African-American gospel quartet tradition ⓘ
performanceContext church concerts ⓘ
gospel programs and tours in the United States ⓘ
recordLabel Aladdin Records ⓘ
Gotham Records ⓘ
Specialty Records ⓘ
vocalConfiguration male vocal group ⓘ
vocalStyle a cappella-influenced arrangements ⓘ
close harmony ⓘ

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Lou Rawls → associatedAct → The Pilgrim Travelers ⓘ
Keen Records → releasedRecordingBy → The Pilgrim Travelers ⓘ
Jesus Is on the Main Line → hasNotableCover → The Pilgrim Travelers ⓘ
Louis Allen Rawls → collaboratedWith → The Pilgrim Travelers ⓘ