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The Sensational Nightingales | |
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 Performing in November, 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Nightingales |
| Genres | Gospel, traditional black gospel, Southern gospel |
| Years active | 1942–present |
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The Sensational Nightingales are a traditional black gospel quartet that reached its peak of popularity in the 1950s, when it featured Julius Cheeks as its lead singer. The Nightingales, with several changes of membership, continue to tour and record.
John Fogerty's goal for the line, "rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river", in the song "Proud Mary" was to evoke male gospel harmonies, as exemplified by groups such as the Swan Silvertones, the Sensational Nightingales, and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi.[2]
