“Yes” and “Yes” to the two questions in the headlines. Dad had a Church in Oakland, California, and that is where the quartet honed their skills as youngsters growing up. Later, they were the 1st African-American “group” to perform on the Grand Old Opry program and the 1st “contemporary act”

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