The Hallelujah Side
Released on He's Coming Back Again (1923)
Covered by
(5 artists)
- Aliases
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C. and M. A. Gospel Quintette
- Years active
- 1914 - 1926
- Country
- United States
- Comments
- The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C. & M.A.) Gospel Singers came together in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914, due to the efforts of John H. Parker. By 1900, he was living in Cleveland where he soon began performing with something called the Buckeye Quartet. Parker's first contact with the Christian & Missionary Alliance occurred in 1909, and within a few years, he was asked to form a negro quartet named for the organization. The group initially consisted of tenors Parker and Spurgeon R. Jones; baritone Henry D. Hodges, and bass singer Alexander E. Talbert. The unit was expanded to a quintet by the addition of lead tenor Floyd H. Lacy, a postal worker who Parker heard performing with a secular group billed as the Musical Magpies.
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