Steele joined forces with
Clarence Parnell
, a former bass singer with the
Pilgrim Singers
(another local quartet) to form the Blue Jay Singers. Parnell had already gained local celebrity as a quartet singer, and Steele, a young baritone and the younger brother of James Jimmie
Steele (leader of the
Woodwards Big Four Quartet
) was beginning to gain a reputation as an outstanding soloist in his church choir. Parnell and Steele stole
James Jimmie
Hollingsworth
...
