Jordanaires, The

Jordanaires , The Although they began their career as a traditional Southern gospel male quartet, the Jordanaires emerged in the 1950s as one of the most popular and most recorded quartets in gospel, country, pop, and even rock ’n’ roll. After July 1956, when young sensation Elvis Presley asked them to sing backup on what would become his classic rock ’n’ roll recording “ Don’t Be Cruel ,” the Jordanaires became part of the Nashville studio “A team,” and they began to appear on dozens of hit…