# Golden Gate Quartet

The Golden Gate Quartet (a.k.a. The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet) is an American vocal group. It was formed in 1934 and, with changes in membership, remains active.

## Origins and early career

The group was founded as the Golden Gate Jubilee Singers in 1934, by four students at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Virginia. According to the group's website, the original members were Willie Johnson (baritone; d. 1980), William Langford (tenor; d. 1970), Henry Owens (second tenor; d. 1970) and Orlandus Wilson (bass; 1917–1998); other sources state that Langford and Wilson replaced earlier members Robert "Peg" Ford and A.C. "Eddie" Griffin in 1935.
From 1935, the group sang in churches and on local radio, gaining a regular spot on radio station WIS in Columbia, South Carolina in 1936. They began as a traditional jubilee quartet, combining the clever arrangements associated with barbershop quartets with rhythms borrowed from the blues and jazz like scat singing. They developed a broad repertoire of styles – from Owens' mournful, understated approach in songs such as "Anyhow" or "Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name", to the group's highly syncopated arrangements in "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego". Like The Mills Brothers in popular music, they would often include vocal special effects in their songs, imitating train sounds in songs such as "Golden Gate Gospel Train". Langford often sang lead, using his ability to range from baritone to falsetto, while Johnson narrated in a hip syncopated style that became the hallmark for the group. Wilson's bass served as the anchor for the group and Owens harmonized with Langford and Johnson.
In 1937, they moved to station WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina, and soon afterwards won a contract with Bluebird Records. After their first recording session on August 14, 1937, in which they recorded 14 songs in two hours, they were contracted to record 12 tracks per year. In 1938, they were recruited by John Hammond to appear at the first From Spirituals To Swing concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York City, after which their popularity grew. An example of their output during this popular period includes a 1938 recording of 'John the Revelator' being inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2005. They stayed in New York and were signed up for a residency at the Cafe Society nightclub. As well as performing and recording gospel songs they also recorded some secular songs for RCA Records, who were intending to bill them as "The Four Chocolate Bars", but the recordings were not released. In 1939, William Langford left the group to form a new group, the Southern Sons; he was replaced by Clyde Riddick (1913–1999).

## The 1940s and 1950s

In 1940, the group signed a new contract with Columbia Records' subsidiary Okeh label, and shortened their name to the Golden Gate Quartet. They soon had a nationwide radio program and the opportunity to sing at Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration in 1941, becoming the first black musical group to sing at Constitution Hall and later performing several times at the White House. They continued to be popular during World War Two, making several appearances in Hollywood films and singing secular music, including some unique popular front songs such as "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'" that mixed humor with political commentary. The Quartet appeared in films such as Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), Hit Parade of 1943 (1943), Hollywood Canteen (1944), and the Danny Kaye film A Song Is Born (1948). In the latter film, they performed the songs "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" and part of "A Song Is Born" with Louis Armstrong and Virginia Mayo.
Johnson was called into the US Navy in 1943, followed by Wilson in 1944; they were temporarily replaced by Cliff Givens – who later left to join firstly The Ink Spots and then Billy Ward and His Dominoes – and Alton Bradley. The group moved first to the main Columbia record label and then, in 1948, to Mercury Records. Johnson left in 1948 to join The Jubalaires, and was replaced by Orville Brooks (1919–1997).
The quartet lost their pre-eminent position in gospel music after the war, when they faced competition from the newer hard gospel quartets. They continued in their old style, offering sharper political commentary in songs such as "God's Gonna Cut You Down", but losing much of their audience to quartets such as the Dixie Hummingbirds and the Soul Stirrers. Henry Owens left in 1950 to become a preacher and solo artist. Alton Bradley returned to replace him, but then left in 1952 when he was replaced by Eugene Mumford (1925–1977), previously of The Larks.
The Golden Gates revived their career in 1955, however, when they toured Europe for the first time, where they became widely popular. The group moved to Paris in 1959 and has continued touring, primarily in Europe, since then. During his stint in the US Army, in Germany, Elvis Presley, who was a huge admirer of their work since his early childhood, visited them backstage at Le Casino in Paris, and stayed to watch their entire show, staying also with them at the hotel Prince de Galles. Presley recorded a version of their popular "Swing Down Chariot" that appeared on his His Hand in Mine gospel album. During this time, there were further personnel changes: Orville Brooks left and was replaced by Franck Todd and later in turn by Caleb Ginyard (1910–1978), and Eugene Mumford was replaced by Clyde Wright (born May 1, 1928, Charlotte, North Carolina).
Since the 1950s, the group has been primarily based in Europe. They toured widely in the late 1950s, including US State Department-sponsored tours around the world. In 1959, the group started a two-year residency at the Casino de Paris.

## Later activities

The group made their first tour of Africa in 1962, and during the early 1960s gradually expanded their accompanying band to incorporate guitar, piano, bass and drums. Through the 1960s they toured widely in Europe, with a long-established line-up of Orlandus Wilson, Clyde Riddick, Caleb Ginyard, and Clyde Wright. In 1971, Ginyard and Wright left, and were replaced by Paul Brembly (the great-nephew of Orlandus Wilson) and Calvin Williams. Wright returned to the group in 1985 to replace Williams, who returned to the US.
Bill "Willie" Johnson worked with Eugene Mumford and Cliff Givens in his own version of The Golden Gate Quartet in the late '70s out of the Los Angeles area, most notably appearing on Ry Cooder's "Jazz" album, and appearing with Cooder in his 1978 "Soundstage" performance, with Givens, Pico Payne, and Jimmy Adams (though Johnson didn't use the group name in these particular appearances).
The group undertook a 60th anniversary world tour in 1994. Riddick remained with the group until his retirement in 1995, and Wilson, the last surviving member of the original group, until his death in 1998. Riddick was replaced by Frank Davis. Wright was replaced by Charles West (Nephew to Wilson) of Portsmouth, VA. The position of bass singer has in recent years been filled by Thierry Fred François, Richard Phillips, and, since 2005, by Anthony Gordon.

## Recognition

In his 1978 album Guigui [fr], musician Michel Jonasz used excerpts from their recording of "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" to mix into the song "Golden Gate".
The Golden Gate Quartet was inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
A sample of the group's recording of "Jezebel" would serve as the basis for the Recoil song of the same name, appearing on their 2000 album Liquid.
In his 2011 album So Beautiful or So What, musician Paul Simon used excerpts from their 1938 recording of "Golden Gate Gospel Train" to mix into the song "Love & Blessings". In addition, the group's music was also featured in the video game Battlefield: Bad Company.

## Members after 1934
### Current members

* Paul Brembly – (born 1950)
* Terry François – (born 1968)
* Timothy Riley
* Frank Davis

### Past members

* Calvin Williams – (1921–2010)
* William Langford – (1909–1969)
* Henry Owens- (†1970)
* Eugene Mumford – (1925–1977)
* J. Caleb Ginyard – (1910–1978)
* Willie Johnson – (†1980)
* Joe Johnson – (1914–1984)
* Clifford Givens – (1918–1989)
* Orville Brooks – (1919–1997)
* Orlandus Wilson – (1917–1998)
* Clyde Riddick – (1913–1999)
* Clyde Wright – (birth in 1928)
* Richard Phillips – (birth in 1943)
* Bill Bing – (December 22, 1922 – January 23, 2014)
* Charles West (?)
* Alton Bradley (†)
* Frank Todd (1933–2016)
* Anthony L. Gordon (born 1957)

## Discography
### Selected singles

* Bluebird 7564: "Pure Religion" / "Remember Me" (both recorded January 24, 1938)
* Okeh 6713: "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" (recorded May 1943) / "Run On" (recorded March 1942)
* Okeh 6741: "I Will Be Home Again" / "The General Jumped at Dawn" (both sides recorded March 16, 1945)
* Columbia 37236: "Atom and Evil" / "Shadrach" (both recorded June 5, 1946)

### 78RPM singles (1937–1952)

| Label / Catalog # | Date | Title | Performer | Matrix # | Reference # |
| Montgomery 8548 | August 3, 1937 | Born Ten Thousand Years Ago | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 11936 | BB7205 |
| Montgomery 8544 | August 3, 1937 | Gabriel Blows His Horn | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 11932 | BB7126 |
| Bluebird 7278 | August 4, 1937 | Bedside of a Neighbor | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 11933 | MW7441 |
| Montgomery 7441 | August 4, 1937 | Bedside of a Neighbor | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 11933 | BB7278* |
| Bluebird 7154 | August 4, 1937 | Behold the Bridegroom Cometh | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011937=1 | MW7440 |
| Montgomery 7440 | August 4, 1937 | Behold the Bridegroom Cometh | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011937=1 | BB7154 |
| Bluebird 7264 | August 4, 1937 | Bonnet | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011941=1 | MW8549 |
| Montgomery 8549 | August 4, 1937 | Bonnet | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011941=1 | BB7264 |
| Bluebird 7205 | August 4, 1937 | Born Ten Thousand Years Ago | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 11936 | MW8548 |
| Bluebird 7126 | August 4, 1937 | Gabriel Blows His Horn | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011932=1 | MW8544 |
| Bluebird 7340 | August 4, 1937 | Go Where I Send Thee | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011938=1 | MW8550 |
| Montgomery 8550 | August 4, 1937 | Go Where I Send Thee | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011938=1 | BB7340 |
| RCA 20-2134 | August 4, 1937 | Go Where I Send Thee | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Bluebird 7126 | August 4, 1937 | Golden Gate Gospel Train | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011931=1 | MW7493 |
| Montgomery 7493 | August 4, 1937 | Golden Gate Gospel Train | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011931=1 | BB7126 |
| Bluebird 7278 | August 4, 1937 | I've Found a Wonderful Savior | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011944=1 | MW7441 |
| Montgomery 7441 | August 4, 1937 | I've Found a Wonderful Savior | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011944=1 | BB7278+ |
| RCA 20-2134 | August 4, 1937 | Job | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Victor 27323 | August 4, 1937 | Job | Golden Gate Quartet | 11940 | - |
| Bluebird 7154 | August 4, 1937 | Jonah | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011934=1 | MW7440 |
| Montgomery 7440 | August 4, 1937 | Jonah | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011934=1 | BB7154 |
| RCA 20-2073 | August 4, 1937 | Jonah | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Victor 27322 | August 4, 1937 | Jonah | Golden Gate Quartet | 11934 | - |
| Bluebird 7264 | August 4, 1937 | Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011942=1 | MW8549 |
| Montgomery 8549 | August 4, 1937 | Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011942=1 | BB7264 |
| Bluebird 7376 | August 4, 1937 | Stand in the Test in Judgement | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011943=1 | MW8551 |
| Montgomery 8551 | August 4, 1937 | Stand in the Test in Judgement | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011943=1 | BB7376 |
| Bluebird 7376 | August 4, 1937 | Story of Job | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 11940 | MW8551 |
| Montgomery 8551 | August 4, 1937 | Story of Job | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 11940 | BB7376 |
| Bluebird 7205 | August 4, 1937 | The Preacher and the Bear | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011935=1 | MW8548 |
| Montgomery 8548 | August 4, 1937 | The Preacher and the Bear | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011935=1 | BB7205 |
| Victor 27322 | August 4, 1937 | The Preacher and the Bear | Golden Gate Quartet | 11935 | - |
| Bluebird 7340 | August 4, 1937 | Won't There Be One Happy Time | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011939=1 | MW8550 |
| Montgomery 8550 | August 4, 1937 | Won't There Be One Happy Time | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 011939=1 | BB7340 |
| Bluebird 7415 | January 24, 1938 | Carolina in the Morning | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018622=1 | MW8545 |
| Montgomery 8545 | January 24, 1938 | Carolina in the Morning | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018622=1 | BB7415 |
| Montgomery 8545 | January 24, 1938 | Dipsy Doodle | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018628=1 | BB7415 |
| Bluebird 7513 | January 24, 1938 | I Was Brave | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18633 | MW7495* |
| Montgomery 7495 | January 24, 1938 | I Was Brave | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18633 | BB7513* |
| Bluebird 7631 | January 24, 1938 | John the Revelator | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018625=1 | MW7912 |
| Montgomery 7912 | January 24, 1938 | John the Revelator | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018625=1 | BB7631+ |
| Victor 27324 | January 24, 1938 | John the Revelator | Golden Gate Quartet | 18625 | - |
| Bluebird 7617 | January 24, 1938 | Lead Me on and On | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018630=1 | MW7494 |
| Montgomery 7494 | January 24, 1938 | Lead Me on and On | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018630=1 | BB7617* |
| Bluebird 7463 | January 24, 1938 | Motherless Child | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018623=2 | MW7496 |
| Montgomery 7496 | January 24, 1938 | Motherless Child | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018623=2 | BB7463* |
| Montgomery 8547 | January 24, 1938 | Ol' Man River | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018635=1 | BB8190+ |
| Bluebird 7564 | January 24, 1938 | Pure Religion | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018627=2 | MW7493 |
| Montgomery 7493 | January 24, 1938 | Pure Religion | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018627=2 | BB7564* |
| Bluebird 7564 | January 24, 1938 | Remember Me | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18626 | MW8547 |
| Montgomery 8547 | January 24, 1938 | Remember Me | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18626 | BB7564 |
| Victor 27324 | January 24, 1938 | Samson | Golden Gate Quartet | 18632 | - |
| Bluebird 7513 | January 24, 1938 | Samson & Delilah | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18632 | MW7495+ |
| Montgomery 7495 | January 24, 1938 | Samson & Delilah | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18632 | BB7513+ |
| Bluebird 7676 | January 24, 1938 | Swanee River | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18629 | MW8546 |
| Montgomery 8546 | January 24, 1938 | Swanee River | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18629 | BB7676+ |
| Bluebird 7676 | January 24, 1938 | Sweet Adeline | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18631 | MW8546 |
| Montgomery 8546 | January 24, 1938 | Sweet Adeline | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18631 | BB7676* |
| Bluebird 7617 | January 24, 1938 | Take Your Burden to the Lord | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018634=1 | MW7494* |
| Montgomery 7494 | January 24, 1938 | Take Your Burdens to God | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 18634 | BB7617+ |
| Bluebird 7415 | January 24, 1938 | The Dipsy Doodle | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | BS018628-1 | MW8545 |
| Bluebird 7463 | January 24, 1938 | Travelin' Shoes | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018624=1 | MW7496 |
| RCA 20-2073 | January 24, 1938 | Travelin' Shoes | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Montgomery 7496 | January 24, 1938 | Traveling Shoes | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 018624=1 | BB7463+ |
| Bluebird 7848 | August 10, 1938 | God Almighty Said | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23464 | MW7594 |
| Montgomery 7594 | August 10, 1938 | God Almighty Said | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23464 | BB7848+ |
| Bluebird 7835 | August 10, 1938 | Let That Liar Alone | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23465 | MW7595+ |
| Montgomery 7595 | August 10, 1938 | Let That Liar Alone | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23465 | BB7835 |
| Bluebird 7804 | August 10, 1938 | My Lord Is Waiting | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23460 | MW7596 |
| Montgomery 7596A | August 10, 1938 | MY LORD IS Writing | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23460 | BB7804A |
| Bluebird 7804 | August 10, 1938 | Rock My Soul | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23461 | MW7596* |
| Montgomery 7596B | August 10, 1938 | Rock My Soul | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23461 | BB7804B |
| Bluebird 7835 | August 10, 1938 | To the Rock | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23466 | MW7595 |
| Montgomery 7595 | August 10, 1938 | To the Rock | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23466 | BB7835 |
| Bluebird 7897 | August 10, 1938 | When the Saints Go Marching In | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23467 | MW7864 |
| Montgomery 7864 | August 10, 1938 | When the Saints Go Marching In | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23467 | BB7897* |
| Bluebird 7897 | August 10, 1938 | When They Ring the Golden Bells | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23459 | MW7864 |
| Montgomery 7864 | August 10, 1938 | When They Ring the Golden Bells | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 23459 | BB7897+ |
| Bluebird 8019 | November 15, 1938 | Cheer the Weary Traveler | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028962=1 | MW7867* |
| Montgomery 7867 | November 15, 1938 | Cheer the Weary Traveler | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028962=1 | BB8019* |
| Bluebird 7962B | November 15, 1938 | I Heard Zion Moan | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028963! | MW7865 |
| Bluebird 7994 | November 15, 1938 | Lord Am I Born to Die ? | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028965! | MW7866+ |
| Montgomery 7866 | November 15, 1938 | Lord Am I Born to Die ? | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028965! | BB7994* |
| Bluebird 7962A | November 15, 1938 | Noah | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028964! | MW7865 |
| Bluebird 8019 | November 15, 1938 | Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028967=1 | MW7867+ |
| Montgomery 7867 | November 15, 1938 | Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028967=1 | BB8019+ |
| Bluebird 7994 | November 15, 1938 | What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028966! | MW7866* |
| Montgomery 7866 | November 15, 1938 | What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 028966! | BB7994* |
| Bluebird 10154 | February 2, 1939 | Change Partnners | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 031982=2 | - |
| Bluebird 8123 | February 2, 1939 | Dese Bones Gonna Rise Agin | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 031976=1 | MW7869+ |
| Montgomery 7869 | February 2, 1939 | Dese Bones Gonna Rise Agin | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 031976=1 | BB8123* |
| Bluebird 8087 | February 2, 1939 | Everything Moves by the Grace of God | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31977 | MW7868 |
| Montgomery 7868 | February 2, 1939 | Everything Moves by the Grace of God | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31977 | BB8087+ |
| Bluebird 8123 | February 2, 1939 | Lis'n to De Lambs | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31975 | MW7869* |
| Montgomery 7869 | February 2, 1939 | Lis'n to De Lambs | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31975 | BB8123+ |
| Victor 27323 | February 2, 1939 | Noah | Golden Gate Quartet | 31980 | - |
| Bluebird 8160 | February 2, 1939 | Noah and the Ark | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31980 | MW8543 |
| Montgomery 8543 | February 2, 1939 | Noah and the Ark | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31980 | BB8160 |
| Bluebird 10154 | February 2, 1939 | Ol' Man Mose | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31981 | - |
| Bluebird 8190 | February 2, 1939 | Precious Lord | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 031979=1 | MW8544 |
| Montgomery 8544 | February 2, 1939 | Precious Lord | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31979 | BB8190 |
| Bluebird 8160 | February 2, 1939 | This World Is in Bad Condition | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31978 | - |
| Montgomery 8543 | February 2, 1939 | This World Is in Bad Condition | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31978 | BB8160 |
| Bluebird 8087 | February 2, 1939 | Troubles of the World | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31974 | MW7868 |
| Montgomery 7868 | February 2, 1939 | Troubles of the World | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31974 | BB8087+ |
| Bluebird 8286 | October 6, 1939 | Alone | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42901 | MW8774+ |
| Montgomery 8774 | October 6, 1939 | Alone | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42901 | BB8286 |
| Bluebird 8328 | October 6, 1939 | Everytime That I Feel the Spirit | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042910=1 | MW8776* |
| Montgomery 8776 | October 6, 1939 | Everytime That I Feel the Spirit | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042910=1 | BB8328 |
| Bluebird 8328 | October 6, 1939 | He Said He Would Calm the Ocean | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42902 | MW8776+ |
| Montgomery 8776 | October 6, 1939 | He Said He Would Calm the Ocean | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42902 | BB8328 |
| Bluebird 8362 | October 6, 1939 | Hide Me in Thy Bosom | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42903 | MW8778* |
| Montgomery 8778 | October 6, 1939 | Hide Me in Thy Bosom | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42903 | BB8362 |
| Bluebird 8348 | October 6, 1939 | I Looked Down the Line and I Wondered | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042905=1 | MW8777, RCA 20-3159 |
| Montgomery 8777 | October 6, 1939 | I Looked Down the Line and I Wondered | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042905=1 | BB8348 |
| RCA 20-3159 | October 6, 1939 | I Looked Down the Road and I Wondered | Golden Gate Quartet | - | Bb 8348 |
| Bluebird 8362 | October 6, 1939 | I'm a Pilgrim | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042909=1 | MW8778+ |
| Montgomery 8778 | October 6, 1939 | I'm a Pilgrim | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42909 | BB8362 |
| Bluebird 8306 | October 6, 1939 | If I Had My Way | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42904 | MW8775+ |
| Montgomery 8775 | October 6, 1939 | If I Had My Way | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42904 | BB8306 |
| Bluebird 8620 | October 6, 1939 | Jonah in the Whale | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042916=1 | MW8781+ |
| Montgomery 8781 | October 6, 1939 | Jonah in the Whale | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042916=1 | BB8620 |
| Bluebird 8594 | October 6, 1939 | Julius Caesar | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042914=1 | MW8780* |
| Montgomery 8780 | October 6, 1939 | Julius Caesar | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042914=1 | BB8594* |
| Bluebird 8579 | October 6, 1939 | Stormy Weather | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042912=1 | MW8779* |
| Montgomery 8779 | October 6, 1939 | Stormy Weather | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 42912 | BB8579+ |
| Bluebird 8594 | October 6, 1939 | The Devil With the Devil | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042913=1 | MW8780 |
| Montgomery 8780 | October 6, 1939 | The Devil With the Devil | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042913=1 | BB8594+ |
| Bluebird 8620 | October 6, 1939 | Timber | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042915=1 | MW8781* |
| Montgomery 8781 | October 6, 1939 | Timber | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042915=1 | BB8620 |
| Bluebird 8306 | October 6, 1939 | Way Down in Egyptland | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042906=1 | MW8775* |
| Montgomery 8775 | October 6, 1939 | Way Down in Egyptland | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042906=1 | BB8306 |
| Bluebird 8286 | October 6, 1939 | What a Time | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042900=1 | MW8774* |
| Montgomery 8774 | October 6, 1939 | What a Time | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042900=1 | BB8286 |
| Bluebird 8579 | October 6, 1939 | Whoa Babe | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042911=1 | MW8779+ |
| Montgomery 8779 | October 6, 1939 | Whoa Babe | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042911=1 | BB8579* |
| Bluebird 8348 | October 6, 1939 | You'd Better Mind | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042908=1 | MW8777 |
| Montgomery 8777 | October 6, 1939 | You'd Better Mind | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 042908=1 | BB8348 |
| Bluebird 8565 | December 26, 1939 | Darling Nellie Gray | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 46125 | MW8783* |
| Montgomery 8783 | December 26, 1939 | Darling Nellie Gray | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 46125 | BB8565 |
| Bluebird 10569 | December 26, 1939 | My Prayer | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | BS046127-1 | - |
| Bluebird 8565 | December 26, 1939 | My Walking Stick | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 046124=1 | MW8783+ |
| Montgomery 8783 | December 26, 1939 | My Walking Stick | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 046124=1 | BB8565 |
| Bluebird 8388 | December 26, 1939 | The Valley of Time | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 046129=1 | MW8782 |
| Montgomery 8782 | December 26, 1939 | Valley of Time | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 046129=1 | BB8388 |
| Bluebird 8388 | December 26, 1939 | What Did Jesus Say | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 046128=1 | MW8782 |
| Montgomery 8782 | December 26, 1939 | What Did Jesus Say | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 046128=1 | BB8388 |
| Bluebird 10569 | December 26, 1939 | What's New? | Golden Gate Quartet | BS046126-1 | - |
| Victor 27268 | June 15, 1940 | Alabama Bound | Golden Gate Quartet with Huddie Ledbetter | 51299 | - |
| Victor 27266 | June 15, 1940 | Midnight Special | Golden Gate Quartet with Huddie Ledbetter | 51298 | - |
| Victor 27268 | June 15, 1940 | Pick a Bale of Cotton | Golden Gate Quartet with Huddie Ledbetter | 51295 | - |
| Victor 27267 | June 17, 1940 | Grey Goose | Golden Gate Quartet with Huddie Ledbetter | 51327 | - |
| Victor 27266 | June 17, 1940 | Ham and Eggs | Golden Gate Quartet with Huddie Ledbetter | 51333 | - |
| Victor 27267 | June 17, 1940 | Stew Ball | Golden Gate Quartet with Huddie Ledbetter | 51329 | - |
| Okeh 6204 | April 18, 1941 | Daniel Saw the Stone | Golden Gate Quartet | 30282=1 | - |
| Vocalion/Okeh 16009 | April 18, 1941 | I Yi Yi Yi | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 30289 | - |
| Columbia 37835 | April 18, 1941 | Jezebel | Golden Gate Quartet | 30283=2 | oK6204 |
| Okeh 6204 | April 18, 1941 | Jezebel | Golden Gate Quartet | 30283=2 | - |
| Columbia 37477 | April 18, 1941 | Time's Windin' Up | Golden Gate Quartet | 30284=1 | 30044 |
| Columbia 30044 | April 18, 1941 | Time's Winding Up | Golden Gate Quartet | 30284 | CO37477 |
| Okeh 6238 | May 25, 1941 | Anyhow | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 30550 | Co37477 |
| Columbia 30044 | May 25, 1941 | Anyhow | Golden Gate Quartet | 30550 | CO37477 |
| Columbia 37477 | May 25, 1941 | Anyhow | Golden Gate Quartet | 30550=1 | 30044 |
| Columbia 30043 | May 25, 1941 | Blind Barnabas | Golden Gate Quartet | 30549 | CO37476 |
| Columbia 37476 | May 25, 1941 | Blind Barnabus | Golden Gate Quartet | 30549 | 30043 |
| Columbia 37834 | May 25, 1941 | Blind Barnabus | Golden Gate Quartet | CO30549 | - |
| Okeh 6345 | May 25, 1941 | Blind Barnabus | Golden Gate Quartet | 30549=2 | - |
| Okeh 6529 | May 25, 1941 | Didn't It Rain | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 30551 | Co37475 |
| Columbia 30042 | May 25, 1941 | Didn't It Rain | Golden Gate Quartet | 30551 | CO37475 |
| Columbia 37475 | May 25, 1941 | Didn't It Rain | Golden Gate Quartet | 30551 | 30042 |
| Columbia 37476 | May 25, 1941 | Sun Didn't Shine | Golden Gate Quartet | 30548-2 | 30043 |
| Okeh 6345 | May 25, 1941 | The Sun Didn't Shine | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 30548=1 | Co37476 |
| Columbia 30043 | May 25, 1941 | The Sun Didn't Shine | Golden Gate Quartet | 30548-2 | CO37476 |
| Okeh 6238 | May 25, 1941 | Time's Winding Up | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 30284 | Co37477 |
| Okeh 6529 | December 3, 1941 | He Never Said a Humbling Word | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31850 | - |
| Columbia 30042 | December 3, 1941 | He Never Said a Mumblin' Word | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 31850 | CO37475 |
| Columbia 37475 | December 3, 1941 | He Never Said a Mumblin' Word | Golden Gate Quartet | 31850 | 30042 |
| Columbia 36937 | December 3, 1941 | Moses Smote the Waters | Golden Gate Quartet | CO31851 | - |
| Columbia 30160 | December 3, 1941 | Toll the Bell Easy | Golden Gate Quartet | 31849 | - |
| Okeh 6712 | March 25, 1942 | Dip Your Fingers in the Water | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 32622 | - |
| Okeh 6713 | March 25, 1942 | Run On | Golden Gate Quartet | 32620-1 | - |
| Okeh 6712 | March 5, 1943 | Stalin Wasn't Stallin' | Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet | 33183=1 | - |
| Okeh 6713 | May 19, 1943 | Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer | Golden Gate Quartet | 33216-1 | - |
| Columbia 36937 | March 16, 1945 | Bones, Bones, Bones (Ezekiel in the Valley) | Golden Gate Quartet | CCO4426=1 | - |
| Columbia 37832 | March 16, 1945 | I Will Be Home Again | Golden Gate Quartet | CCO4425=1 | - |
| Okeh 6741 | March 16, 1945 | I Will Be Home Again | Golden Gate Quartet | CCO4425=1 | - |
| Okeh 6741 | March 16, 1945 | The General Jumped at Dawn | Golden Gate Quartet | CCO4422=1 | - |
| Columbia 37236 | June 5, 1946 | Atom and Evil | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36389=1 | - |
| Columbia 37835 | June 5, 1946 | God's Gonna' Cut You Down | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36386 | - |
| Columbia 30136 | June 5, 1946 | Hush | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36391 | - |
| Columbia 37833 | June 5, 1946 | Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36392 | - |
| Columbia 37832 | June 5, 1946 | No Restricted Signs | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36388 | - |
| Columbia 37236 | June 5, 1946 | Shadrach | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36390= | - |
| Columbia 37834 | June 5, 1946 | Swing Down, Chariot | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36387 | - |
| Columbia 37833 | June 5, 1946 | Wade in the Water | Golden Gate Quartet | CO36393 | - |
| Columbia 37499 | April 8, 1947 | High, Low and Wide | Golden Gate Quartet | CO37602 | - |
| Columbia 37499 | April 8, 1947 | Pray for the Lights to Go Out | Golden Gate Quartet | CO37601 | - |
| Columbia 30128 | 1947-10-?? | Abdullah | Golden Gate Quartet | CO38278 | - |
| Columbia 30128 | 1947-10-?? | Broodle-Oo Broodle-Oo | Golden Gate Quartet | 38277! | - |
| Columbia 30136 | 1947-10-?? | Do Unto Others | Golden Gate Quartet | CO38276 | - |
| Columbia 30149 | 1948-10-?? | She's Gonna Ruin You, Buddy | Golden Gate Quartet | CO40129 | - |
| Columbia 30149 | 1948-10-?? | I'm Just a Dreamer | Golden Gate Quartet | CO40131 | - |
| Columbia 30160 | 1947-10-?? | Fare You Well, Fare You Well | Golden Gate Quartet | 38279 | - |
| Capitol 10172 | August 9, 1948 | A Song was Born, part 1 | Louis Armstrong With Jerri Sullivan and the Golden Gate Quartet | 3426 | - |
| Capitol 10172 | August 9, 1948 | A Song was Born, part 2 | Louis Armstrong With Jerri Sullivan and the Golden Gate Quartet | 3426 | - |
| Mercury 8118 | 1948-12-?? | Mene, Mene Takel | Golden Gate Quartet | 2141 | - |
| Mercury 8118 | 1948-12-?? | Talking Jerusalem to Death | Golden Gate Quartet | 2140 | - |
| Mercury 8124 | 1949-01-?? | Jesus Met the Woman at the Well | Golden Gate Quartet | 2164 | - |
| Mercury 5242 | 1949-01-?? | Look Up | Golden Gate Quartet | 2162 | - |
| Mercury 8124 | 1949-01-?? | Mary, Mary | Golden Gate Quartet | 2165 | - |
| Mercury 5242 | 1949-01-?? | Will I Find My Love Today? | Golden Gate Quartet | 2163 | - |
| Mercury 8141 | 1949-04-?? | John Saw | Golden Gate Quartet | 2763 | - |
| Mercury 8141 | 1949-04-?? | Lord I Am Tired and Want to Go Home | Golden Gate Quartet | 2766 | - |
| Mercury 8243 | 1949-04-?? | Lord, I Want to Be a Christian | Golden Gate Quartet | 2765 | - |
| Mercury 8243 | 1949-04-?? | Seven Angels and Seven Trumpets | Golden Gate Quartet | 2764 | - |
| Mercury 8158 | 1949-07-?? | Lord, I Want to Walk With Thee | Golden Gate Quartet | 2863 | - |
| Mercury 8155 | 1949-07-?? | Religion Is a Fortune | Golden Gate Quartet | 2859 | - |
| Mercury 8155 | 1949-07-?? | Satisfied | Golden Gate Quartet | 2860 | - |
| Mercury 8158 | 1949-07-?? | You Ain't Got Faith | Golden Gate Quartet | 2858 | - |
| Columbia 39216 | November 29, 1950 | Listen to the Lambs | Golden Gate Quartet | GGQ1 | - |
| Columbia 39216 | November 29, 1950 | Nicodemus | Golden Gate Quartet | GGQ3 | - |
| Okeh 6897 | 1952-03-?? | I Just Telephone Upstairs | Golden Gate Quartet | CO47724 | - |
| Okeh 6897 | 1952-03-?? | Rain Is the Teardrops of Angels | Golden Gate Quartet | CO47725 | - |
| Mercury 5385 | - | A Man Going... | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-3308 | - | Bedside of a Neighbor | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-3308 | - | Behold the Bride Groom Cometh | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Mercury 8164 | - | Blessed Jesus | Golden Gate Quartet | 2990 | - |
| Mercury 5385 | - | Didn't That Man Believe | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-2921 | - | Gabriel Blows His Horn | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Mercury 8164 | - | Lord Have Mercy | Golden Gate Quartet | 2993 | - |
| Apollo 1205 | - | Mary Had a Baby | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Mercury 8162 | - | Ride on Moses | Golden Gate Quartet | 2995=2 | - |
| RCA 20-2921 | - | Rock My Soul | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Apollo 1205 | - | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Mercury 8162 | - | Same Train | Golden Gate Quartet | 2994=2 | - |
| Apollo 1204 | - | Silent Night | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-2797 | - | Stand in the Test of Judgement | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-2799 | - | Stand in the Test of Judgement | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-3159 | - | The World Is in a Bad Condition | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-2797 | - | When the Saints Go Marching In | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| RCA 20-2799 | - | When the Saints Go Marching In | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |
| Apollo 1204 | - | White Christmas | Golden Gate Quartet | - | - |

### Selected albums

* 2010 – Incredible
* 2003 – The Good Book
* 2003 – Gospel Train
* 1999 – Our Story
* 1997 – The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet
* 1961 – Negro Spirituals
* 1957 – That Golden Chariot
* 1956 – The Golden Gate Quartet [Camden]
* 1950 – The Golden Gate Spirituals
* 1949 – Joshua fit the battle