Gateway Singers Explained
The Gateway Singers were an American folk music group who achieved national prominence in the US in the late 1950s.[1] The group was included in the Smithsonian's Folk Song America compilation.[2] They are best known for their song "Puttin' on the Style", which sold one million copies and was later used in a beer commercial.
Gateway Singers member Lou Gottlieb left the band,[3] obtained his PhD in musicology from the University of California and then formed The Limeliters. Travis Edmonson left the Gateway Singers to form the duo Bud & Travis with Bud Dashiell.[4]
The group split in 1961, although three of the members—Milt Chapman, Betty Mann, and Jerry Walter—continued performing as the "Gateway Trio",[3] and released albums for Capitol Records.[5]
The Ed Sullivan Show reportedly cancelled a Gateway Singers appearance after executives from the CBS television network objected to showing a mixed-race group.[6]
Discography
- Puttin' on the Style
- Gateway Singers at the hungry i
- Gateway Singers in Hi Fi
- Wagons West
- Gateway Singers on the Lot
- Down in the Valley
- Live at Stanford 1957
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: The Gateway Singers in Hi Fi. Travisedmonson.com. 3 September 2021.
- Web site: Folk Song America Vol 1 @ARTISTdirect . 2012-02-17 . 2017-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170404044721/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,87396,00.html . dead .
- Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 948.
- Book: Cohen, Ronald D.. Rainbow quest : the folk music revival and American society, 1940 - 1970. registration. 2002. Univ. of Massachusetts Press. Amherst [u.a.]. 978-1-55849-348-3. 95. cop.2002..
- Web site: The Gateway Singers Biography by AllMusic . ALLMUSIC . 31 October 2020.
- Web site: Hugh Hefner: Civil Rights Activist?. Janice C.. Simpson. Theroot.com. 30 July 2010 . 3 September 2021.
