Harmonizing Four

Harmonizing Four The quartet was formed by four students at the Dunbar Elementary School in south Richmond, Virginia, in September 1927; they rehearsed at the home of John T. Scott , first and tenor singer, with Joe Curby , second tenor, Lawrence Hatcher , baritone, and Willie Peyton , bass, all of whom were already singing in local churches choirs. Music teacher Lawrence Langhorne , a friend of Scott’s, became the group’s first manager. After much practice, the name of the group was chosen…