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Not to be confused with the doo wop group Little Anthony & The Imperials. Between 1958 and 1963 they were sometimes simply called The Imperials.

The multi-award-winning (including 4 Grammys) group, and Gospel Music Association’s hall of fame inductees, began in 1964. Jake Hess of the Statesmen Quartet decided to hand-pick the best singers he could find to put together what he would call a “super group” that would be known as The Imperials: Hess (lead) … , Armond Morales (bass from the Weatherford Quartet), former Oak Ridge Boys baritone Gary McSpadden, the Speer Family’s Sherrill Nielsen (tenor), and Henry Slaughter (the Weatherford Quartet) at piano. Until Hess was forced to retire because of health reasons, the group was usually called Jake Hess and The Imperials.
Over the years, there have been many changes of members (and styles). They hit their peak of popularity in the late ’70s and early ’80s with Morales, Jim Murray (tenor), David Will (baritone), and Russ Taff.
The current lineup includes: Jason Morales, Perry Jones, Ian Owens and Scott Allen.
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  • YosemiteBeauty

    I've wrote the following to a Moderator, 2/27/13. Let's see what happens: "Hi Ryan: Can you please help permanently separate "The Imperials" from "Little Anthony & The Imperials"? There is no connection between them. The tags are mixed, etc... Thank you!"

    28 Feb 9:30pm Reply

  • YosemiteBeauty

    I'm beginning to think last.fm has real issues. Their FAQ claims tags can never be changed because they're based on people's opinions. Well I've seen several cases like this one now, where two bands are confused together. I guess if we're all going to continue to use last.fm we're going to have to take the time to search their website for ways to communicate to them these kinds of simple, factual errors that have nothing to do with opinion and everything to do with degrading customer experience, customer satisfaction.

    28 Feb 3:15am Reply

  • MamaRowland

    Could someone take Little Anthony and The Imperials off of this track listing? It is not the same group! And yeah, anything off of the "Very Best Of..." album released in 1981 would be fantastic!!

    15 Mar 2011 Reply

  • xcoalminer

    I agree donm61873- I'm looking for Sail On.

    29 Sep 2010 Reply

  • donm61873

    Aren't there some albums missing? Like Sail On, or Heed the Call? or even Stand By the Power? The Southern Gospel stuff is here, but where's the 80s Contemporary Christian stuff?

    13 Dec 2008 Reply

  • DeadPenguin

    can you imagine sampled by Daft Punk

    22 Jan 2007 Reply

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