The Four Knights

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I Get so Lonely (Oh Baby Mine) 00:00 Tools
I Get So Lonely 02:05 Tools
I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You) 02:03 Tools
I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile 02:25 Tools
Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) 01:58 Tools
Oh Happy Day 02:19 Tools
Oh Baby Mine 02:01 Tools
I Get So Lonely (Oh Baby Mine) - The Four Knights 1954 02:04 Tools
(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely 02:04 Tools
I love the sunshine of your smile - The Four Knights 1951 02:25 Tools
A Little Talk With Jesus 02:15 Tools
Ride On King Jesus 01:31 Tools
Georgia On My Mind 03:03 Tools
Wrapped Up In A Dream 02:46 Tools
Tennessee Train 02:27 Tools
Honey Bunch 02:27 Tools
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie 02:01 Tools
That's The Way It's Gonna Be 02:36 Tools
Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues 00:00 Tools
When the Moon Goes Down In the Valley of Time 02:27 Tools
The Glory of Love 02:36 Tools
Cry 02:52 Tools
Does Jesus Care? 02:30 Tools
He Said He'd Calm the Ocean 02:30 Tools
Gospel Train 02:20 Tools
In the Chapel in the Moonlight 02:56 Tools
Honey Bunch (1955) 02:18 Tools
It's No Sin 03:07 Tools
Sugarfoot Rag 02:25 Tools
Charmaine 02:25 Tools
Period 02:07 Tools
I Wanna Say Hello 02:40 Tools
It's A Good Day 02:14 Tools
O' Falling Star 02:20 Tools
Swinging On The Golden Gate 02:16 Tools
I'm Falling for You 03:07 Tools
Walkin' in the Sunshine 02:50 Tools
I'll Be Satisfied 02:38 Tools
Shadrack 02:38 Tools
Don't You Want To Join That Number? 02:07 Tools
Anniversary Song 02:32 Tools
Just in Case You Change Your Mind 03:20 Tools
Ain't Gwine To Study War No More 02:22 Tools
Ain't Got Nothin' To Lose 01:58 Tools
The Way I Feel 02:44 Tools
Easy Street 02:42 Tools
He'll Understand and Say Well Done 01:38 Tools
Jezebel 02:07 Tools
A Million Tears 02:52 Tools
Lead Me To That Rock 02:36 Tools
Darktown Strutters' Ball 01:38 Tools
Latch! 03:46 Tools
Oh Baby Mine, I Get So Lonely 02:07 Tools
Oh Baby Be Mine Get So Lonely 02:07 Tools
Farther Along 02:37 Tools
When They Ring Dem Golden Bells For You And Me 02:34 Tools
Darktown Strutters Ball 01:38 Tools
Sentimental Fool 03:46 Tools
Rise, Shine 01:58 Tools
Good News, The Chariots Acomin' 01:42 Tools
I Get So Lonely When I Dream About You 02:02 Tools
I Go Crazy 02:44 Tools
I Wish I Had a Girl 02:34 Tools
Dese Bones Shall Rise Again 02:25 Tools
Sentimental Journey 03:23 Tools
I Counldn't Stay Away From You 02:34 Tools
Baby Doll 02:45 Tools
Got Her Off My Mind 02:25 Tools
Wrapped Up In A Dream Again 02:46 Tools
Oh, Miss Hannah 01:48 Tools
It's So Nice To Be Nice To Your Neighbor 02:46 Tools
Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider 02:45 Tools
i get so lonely (when i'm dream about you) 02:46 Tools
Till Then 02:03 Tools
(It's No) Sin 02:46 Tools
Oh Baby Be Mine (I Get So Lonely) 02:03 Tools
Till Then (Hasta Entonces) 02:00 Tools
Saw Your Eyes 00:00 Tools
Oh, Baby Mine ( I Get So Lonely) 02:05 Tools
Walkin' & Whistlin' Blues 03:28 Tools
Oh, Happy Day 02:46 Tools
Darktown Strutter's Ball 02:46 Tools
Anniversary Song (Canción De Aniversario) 02:19 Tools
Sleepy Time Gal 02:03 Tools
I Get So Lonely (When I'm Dreaming About You) 02:19 Tools
Ain't Going To Study War No More 02:19 Tools
I Couldn't Stay Away from You 02:08 Tools
Rosie Baby 03:28 Tools
Does Jesus Care 02:08 Tools
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue 03:28 Tools
Oh Baby Mine - 1954 03:28 Tools
I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You Oh Baby Mine) 03:28 Tools
Walking with My Shadow 02:08 Tools
When My Baby Smiles At Me 03:15 Tools
Say No More 03:28 Tools
Zig Zag 02:08 Tools
The More I Go Out With Someone Else 02:08 Tools
It´s A Good Day 02:15 Tools
Yes I Do 02:22 Tools
Walking With My Shadow w/ Billy Kyle Trio 03:15 Tools
A Few Kind Words 02:08 Tools
When Your Lover Has Gone 02:13 Tools
Gee It's Good To Have You Home Again 02:31 Tools
I've Found A New Baby 02:13 Tools
There Are Two Sides To Every Heartache 02:13 Tools
I Get So Lonely Oh Baby Mine 02:31 Tools
O Falling Star 02:19 Tools
Win Or Lose 02:31 Tools
If I Had My Way 02:23 Tools
The One Rose 02:31 Tools
I Want A Little Girl 02:31 Tools
Oh Happy Day - Original 02:19 Tools
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 02:31 Tools
Oh! Happy Day 02:23 Tools
Baby Won't You Please Come Home 02:23 Tools
Father Along 02:19 Tools
If You Ever Change Your Mind 02:23 Tools
Get Her Off My Mind 02:19 Tools
He Said He´d Calm The Ocean 02:19 Tools
The Doll With The Sawdust Heart 02:19 Tools
Oh baby mine - i get so lonely (When i dream about you) 02:13 Tools
Oh Baby Mine 1955 02:19 Tools
They Tell Me 02:19 Tools
The More I Go Out With Somebody Else 02:04 Tools
These Bones Shall Rise Again 02:04 Tools
write me baby 02:04 Tools
I´ll Be Satisfied 02:22 Tools
Inside Out 02:04 Tools
Sugarfood 02:04 Tools
Foolish Tears 02:04 Tools
Hello Baby 02:29 Tools
Get So Lonely (Oh Baby Mine) 02:29 Tools
Happy Birthday, Baby 02:29 Tools
If I Cannot Be Your Only One 02:29 Tools
I Found A Million Dollar Baby 02:29 Tools
Write Me, Baby 02:29 Tools
Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue 02:29 Tools
I Got So Lonely 02:04 Tools
Oh Baby Mine ( I Get So Lonely ) 02:04 Tools
Oh, Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) 02:29 Tools
Melancholy Baby 02:29 Tools
I Get So Loneley (Oh Baby Mine) 02:19 Tools
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Most black gospel groups that sang in the ‘40s or ‘50s and then changed their musical direction, changed it to rhythm and blues. The Four Knights, however, were a refined gospel group that became a refined pop blues group. Actually they started out in 1943 as the Southland Jubilee Singers in Charlotte, North Carolina. The membership included Gene Alford (lead), John Wallace (second tenor and guitar), and Oscar Broadway (bass). By 1944 Oscar had brought in a baritone he knew, Clarence Dixon, and the lineup was set. Their soft and breezy harmonies drew immediate attention and the group made its debut on NBC’s affiliate WSOC-Charlotte radio. In six months they moved up to CBS’s mega power station, the 50,000-watt WBT-Charlotte. The quartet replaced the Southern Sons on the station’s “Carolina Hay Ride” show, a popular program that attracted one listener in particular, Cy Langois of Long-Worth Transcriptions. He signed the group to management. His first move was for a name change to the Four Knights. He took them to New York and they started appearing on Arthur Godfrey’s radio show in 1945. Lang-Worth was a company that made what were called transcriptions, actually early albums containing four to six songs on each side of an eight inch disc that played at 33-1/3 rpm. These discs were not sold to the public; most all were sent to radio stations, allowing a local disc jockey to give the impression the group was right in the studio. The Knights did a number of these recordings. Between this type of exposure and the Godfrey show the group became fairly well-known. In 1946 they signed with Decca Records and in April of that year they released their first single, “Just in Case You Change Your Mind.” After four singles featuring Gene’s mellow lead, Oscar’s broad bass, and usually incorporating Gene’s whistling over the instrumental section, the group was moved to Decca’s Coral affiliate for three more 78s through 1949. They toured with dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and got a shot s regulars on the Red Skelton radio show in 1948. They spent two years doing Skelton in Los Angeles and performing in clubs across the country. The Knights lost the Skelton job in 1950 when their manager wanted more than the show could pay, and so he pulled the group. They then discharged him for losing what they considered to be a prime exposure medium. In 1951 they brought their soft harmony to Capitol Records and began with “I Love the Sunshine of Your Smile” (#23). They also began covering R&B and pop artists on songs like “The Glory of Love” (THE 5 KEYS), “Sin” (THE FOUR ACES), which they took to number 14, and their biggest pop cover record at number eight in 1953, “Oh Happy Day” (Don Howard). The group’s biggest hit came in 1954 when “I Get So Lonely When I Think About You (Oh Baby Mine)” reached number two and ran for 24 weeks, even becoming a smash in England at number five, a tough thing for a black American group to do in 1954. The Pat Ballard-penned original was so popular in England that when it fell off the charts it resurfaced the following month (July), reaching number 10. Toward the end of 1953 George Vereen began subbing on studio work and singing lead at live shows for Gene Alford, whose epilepsy was affecting his ongoing involvement with the group. Vereen was replaced in 1955 by ex-DELTA RHYTHM BOYS member Cliff Holland as Alford retired. Prior to their 1952 recordings the group sang with only a guitar backup, but Capitol soon had them working with full orchestras. By 1953, tours for the four were in full swing, and they played clubs from Las Vegas to Rio de Janeiro while appearing on the TV shows of Perry Como, Ed Sullivan, and of course Red Skelton. On August 27, 1954, they headlined at the famed Apollo in New York. During the mid-‘50s the reigning king op Capitol’s roster, Nat King Cole, ran into the group and liked their style; he asked Capitol to have the Knights back him on some recordings. Their first collaboration, in early 1955, was titled “A Blossom Fell.” Though it didn’t chart, Nat and the Knights tried agin in January 1956, and by September their ”That’s All There Is to That” was number 16 on the pop char and number 14 R&B, the first time the Knights had ever appeared on the black charts. The next time out with Nat was the last: a ballad, “My Personal Possession,” released in May 1957 and reaching number 21 (#3 R&B). The only pop charter of the mid-and late ‘50s for the group by themselves was “O Falling Star” (#83, 1959) after they’d re-signed with Coral in late 1957. Capitol stayed with them for 39 45s throughout the ‘50s. In 1960 Gene Alford died. Clarence left the act in 1963 and the Knights disbanded three years after his departure. John Wallace died in 1978. Dixon and Broadway moved to the suburbs of Los Angeles in retirement. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.