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That's me.Dr. Nate Thomas, the bass singer of the Four Palms aka The Rainbeaus ,standing on the far right end in the picture. My best friend and road roommate, James Jackson is on the other end. Although the late Louis Faison is holding the mike in the photo, he wasn't our lead singer. Hasker Ne...

@jackgl93 Where did you get this lied from?? Thomas Dorsey, the Father of gospel music, wrote "Amazing Grace" in the 1920s. He was Black, and certainly didn't own any slaves while he was choir director and pianist at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago.He was in his 20s at the time and I assure you...

We were given this song 5 minutes before recording it ,using hand signals for the background andHasker Nelson, the lead singer read the song. we never sang the song again after finishing it on the second take.I am Dr. Nate Thomas, the bass on the song.

Great song but, this is NOT gospel. The Fisk Jubilee Sigers only sing spiritual songs and there is a huge difference...Sprituals date from about 1867...gospel circa 1930. The spirituals sung by slaves were just about ALL related to the slave condition or escape from slavery. The tradition of sing...

I am a former Fisk Jubilee Singer 1953-57, under John Work lll. Continuing with no director in front ,no instruments and no sheet music.just as it was performed by our slave ancestors...passing the torch and keeping it real since 1867. I am proud to have been a part of the tradition, and you kids...

I sang with the Fisk University Congr. Church Choir when I was a student there from 1953-57. I also sang with the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and currently the John Work Chorale, composed of former Fisk Jubilee and choir singers.It's been 49 yrs. Please know that we are keeping spiritual music and song...

I am Dr. Nate Thomas, bass singer on this recording of "Maybe iTs Wrong".Even as we (The Rainbeaus aka The Four Palms) recorded this song at Gold Star Studios in L.A. in 1960, we felt that "M.I.W." was ahead of its time, but Birdie Abrams wrote a great song, and we felt privileged to record it.Ha...

By the way, this was produced by Nick Venet and was his first effort as a producer, and World Pacific Record's first try at rock and roll. He went on to do great things at Atlantic Records.

Sung much too fast....Rhythm is totally lost/

Thanks for posting this "myraredoowop". James Jackson and I(Dr. Nate Thomas), two members of the original Four Palms, were looking for a site that had a copy of our first recording J.J.S.T.We reluctantly becameThe Rainbeaus after discharge from the Marines. Those were some great times for us, hi...