１９５０年代のアメリカン・フォークソング・リバイバルで成功を収めたグループにザ・ゲートウェイ・シンガーズがいる。
レパートリーは古謡、ゴスペル、カントリーまで幅広く、何よりも際立っていたのは白人男性グループに黒人女性ボーカル（Elmerlee Thomas）がいる点だった。
Biography
Like many groups formed during the popular commercial folk explosion of the late 50s, the Gateway Singers had a relatively short life. The line-up comprised Jerry Walter （vocals/banjo）, Elmerlee Thomas （vocals）, Lou Gottleib （b. 10 October 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA, d. 11 July 1996, Sebastopol, California, USA; bass） and Travis Edmondson （guitar）. Following a path started by others, such as the Almanac Singers and the Weavers, they became one of the better-known US groups in the field at the time. Gottleib left the group in 1959, after the group’s two releases on Decca Records, and was replaced by Ernie Sheldon as lead guitar player. The group split up in 1961, at the height of the folk boom. For a time, the Gateway Trio, comprising Milt Chapman （bass/vocals）, Betty Mann （guitar/vocals）, and original founder Jerry Walter, continued performing. After releasing albums for Capitol Records, the trio broke up.Active: 1950s – 1960s
Genre: Folk
Styles: Folk Revival, Traditional Folk
Group Members:
Elmerlee Thomas
Ernie Sheldon
Jerry Walter
Lou Gottlieb
Travis Edmonson＜The Gateway Singers Biography AllMusic＞
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-gateway-singers-mn0001181073/biography
The Gateway Singers – Bury Me In My Overalls（1956）
＜参考＞
Malvina Reynolds – Bury Me In My Overalls（1980）
The Gateway Singers – Puttin’ On The Style（1956）
The Gateway Singers – Monaco（1956）
The Gateway Singers – This Little Light Of Mine（1957）
The Gateway Singers – Roving Gambler（1957）
The Gateway Singers – Come To The Dance（1958）
＜参考＞
Bud And Travis – Come to the Dance
The Gateway Singers – Hey-Li-Lee（1958）
＜参考＞
The Limeliters – Hey Li Lee Li Lee
The Gateway Singers – All Over This World（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Rolling Home（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Big Rock Candy Mountain（1958）
＜参考＞
Mac（Harry McClintock）- Big Rock Candy Mountains（1928）
The Gateway Singers – Colorado Trail（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Shenandoah（1958）
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The Gateway Singers – Hey-Liley（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Let Me Fly（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Kisses Sweeter Than Wine（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Malaguena Salerosa（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Hard, Ain’t It Hard
from the album “The Gateway Singers In Hi-Fi”（1958）
２度目の引用。
The Gateway Singers – Rio Grande（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Fais Dodo（1958）
The Gateway Singers – Rock About My Saro Jans（1958）
The Gateway Singers – The Sinking of the Reuben James
“The Gateway Singers / Wagons West”（1959）
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:US
Released:1959
Tracklist Hide Credits
A1 O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
A2 I’m Gonna Leave Old Texas Now
A3 Hard Likker
A4 Prairie
A5 Good Man In The Badlands
A6 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
B1 Ridin’ Home
B2 I Ride An Old Paint
B3 Far Side Of The Hill
B4 Turn Home, Beloved
B5 Old Joe Clark
B6 Hush, Little Baby
The Gateway Singers – Oleanna
The Gateway Singers – Poor Boy
The Gateway Singers – The Ballad of Sigmund Freud
The Gateway Singers – Deep Blue Sea
The Gateway Singers – Fare the Well
The Gateway Singers – Hold On
The Gateway Singers – The Erie Canal
The Gateway Singers – Roll Down the Line
The Gateway Singers – Keep A-Movin’（1959）
２度目の引用。
The Gateway Singers – Gypsy O
The Gateway Singers – I Won’t Be Worried Long
２度目の引用。
The Gateway Singers – Come Along Charlie
The Gateway Singers – Ariran
The Gateway Singers – East Virginia Blues（1959）
The Gateway Singers – The Wreck Of The John B（1959）
The Gateway Singers – The M. T. A.（1959）
The Gateway Singers – Don’t You Lie, Daddy O
The Gateway Singers – Dehlia’s Blues
The Gateway Singers – Hurricane
The Gateway Singers – Pretty Saro
The Gateway Singers – Wait For The Wagon（1960）
＜参考＞
Judy Canova – Wait for the Wagon
“Sis Hopkins”（1940）
＜参考＞
Ken Carson and the Choraliers – Wait For the Wagon
The Gateway Singers – Kingston Market（1960）
Gateway Singers – Help Me To Carry On（1976）
Gateway Singers – See What The Lord Has Done（1976）
- Gateway Singers
- Gateway Singers – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Gateway Singers – Google 画像検索
- Elmerlee Thomas – Sun’s Gonna Shine at Discogs
追加記事
The Gateway Singers. American Folk Colección VM #33 （Full Album/Album Completo）.
02. I Won’t Be Worried Long 02:31
03. Gypsy-O 05:09
04. Ariran 08:07
05. East Virginia Blues 10:36
06. Come Along Charlie 12:45
07. Don’t You Lie, Daddy-O 15:39
08. Pretty Saro 17:39
09. Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens 20:52
10. Dehlia’s Blues 23:38
11. Hurricane 26:35
12. The M.T.A 29:06
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