Rank Stranger

The song was included in a Stamps-Baxter gospel songbook that my mother and her gospel quartet often used.

Leonard the barber who gave me my first haircut , tenor; and Harold Shaffer, bass. As the group moved from its acapella origins, it also added another guitarist, my Uncle Ralph Bays. The quartet was based out of Bristol, Virginia and was well-known at churches and radio stations throughout the surrounding states of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, West Virginia and Kentucky. They recorded several 78s, albums, 8-tracks and cassettes through the years.

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They were often heard singing live on a radio station in downtown Bristol on Sunday afternoons. My Life and Times, Penguin Books, , p.

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3. RANK STRANGER CHORDS by Ralph Stanley @ theranchhands.com.

They are at home in heaven with the Lord Jesus. I found they were all Rank strangers to me.

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They knew not my name And I knew not their faces — I found they were all Rank strangers to me. I never got to meet my father.

By the time I was old enough to search on my own I discovered he had passed away. Thank you for this little piece of my family history. Ava, thanks for your comment. Thanks for sharing the story Gary.

Rank Strangers

In , he was named to the Country Song Writers Association's Hall of Fame in Nashville, one of only two gospel song writers enshrined. In , he was named to the Gospel Music Association's Hall of Fame in Nashville, the only living gospel song writer to be honored. Born near Spiro, Oklahoma, Brumley grew up like most other youngsters of that area -- chopping and picking cotton. His farming background was to serve him well in his adult years, as he pulled many ideas for songs from his youth He learned much of his music at the old Hartford Musical Institute at Hartford, Arkansas, in which he enrolled in He also sang bass with the Hartford Quartet, and later taught scores of the old-fashioned singing schools.

In his field of music he ranked among the the most accomplished piano accompanists of that era.

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Of the more than songs he has written, one of the most interesting is "Turn Your Radio On," a song he wrote in Though the song has been widely used as a theme song on gospel music programs, it was not nationally recognized until , when the famous pop singer, Ray Stevens, recorded it and made it a national and international favorite in Brumley is a living legend because his music and name is well known to the fans as it is to the recording artists.

Many famous recording artists say a Brumley song is almost a "must" on their gospel albums Brumley songbooks in my possession the aforementioned All-Day Singin