Jan 11
Rev. Claude Jeter Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 01:13 · 66 words · print
The Rev. Claude Jeter, the founder of the gospel group the Swan Silvertones whose delicate yet potent falsetto had a wide influence on both pop and religious singers in the 1950s and ’60s, died on Tuesday in the Bronx. He was 94.
His death was confirmed by his niece, Gwendolyn Davis, of Lillie, La.
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Other than his niece, no immediate family members survive him.
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