Swan Silvertones - Jesus Never Fails

In 1938, Claude Jeter organized a singing group called the Four Harmony Kings with his brother and two other coal miners. The group sang at nearby churches on weekends. In the coal mining community, black gospel quartet singing flourished. Community churches had their own quartets but touring quartets like the Dixie Hummingbirds and Heavenly Gospel Singers regularly came through the area. On one such occasion, Claude Jeter became a brief fill-in member of the Dixie Hummingbirds. When “Birds“ organizer James Davis fired bass Jimmy Bryant, Claude Jeter was asked to substitute for him on several programs, singing bass. The opportunity lasted only a short time until Bryant returned to the Hummingbirds. In 1942, Claude Jeter quit coal mining and moved to Knoxville, TN, taking two of the Harmony Kings with him. The group, then consisting of Claude Jeter, John Myles, Leroy Watkins and Eddie Boroughas, changed its name to the Silvertone Singers. They soon landed a daily radi