Clyde Wright

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Front cover Interview on the Charlotte Observer entitled « From one-room school to world's Gospel stage » (January 27 2011)

Watch the interview "The Golden Voice of the Golden Gate Quartet"

"The Last Ride", a movie directed by Harry Thomason about Hank Williams' last days on earth

Clyde Wright produced, arranged and recorded the title » Swing Low Chariot « which is in the film score and will probably be on the official soundtrack for the movie. Director Harry Thomason proposed that Clyde produced the title himself because the style corresponds perfectly to one of the scenes in his movie.

The Last Ride (movie trailer) on YouTube
Official movie website
The Last Ride Facebook page

In October 2011, Clyde was invited by Dr. Kevin Johnson, the son of Willie T. Johnson, originator of the Golden Gate Quartet and the Golden Gate Quartet Jubilee Singers, to Atlanta Georgia’s Spellman College to give a conference to its students. Kevin is the College’s music department director. Clyde also sang with Mister Johnson after the conference.

On the picture below : Dr. Kevin Johnson with Clyde Wright and other singers from Spellman and Morehouse College

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Clyde Wright was interviewed by radio show host Bea Thompson on February 27 for WBAV 101.9FM (CBS radio), one of North Carolina's most popular stations. Listen to the interview on WBAV 101.9FM

The Golden Gate Quartet was honored at the 2011 GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame
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Check out a great article about Clyde Wright and the Golden Gate Quartet in Juke Blues Magazine from the UK, the three-times award-winning music magazine. Juke Blues publishes quality coverage of all types of African-American blues and traditional music, from the city to Southern soul, from vintage R&B to gospel and zydeco, with just a touch of other related genres.
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THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTET, JOHNNY CASH, DEGARMO & KEY AND BILL "HOSS" ALLEN - INDUCTED INTO GMA GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF FAME on JANUARY 24, 2011

The ceremony was taped by Trinity Broadcasting Network for future broadcast.
Stay tuned to TBN for details on when this will air on TV worldwide !

The GMA Foundation (GMAF) inducted Bill "Hoss" Allen, Johnny Cash, DeGarmo & Key and the Golden Gate Quartet as the newest members into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame on Monday, January 24 during a ceremony filled with music, family, friends, and fellow Hall of Fame members at Trinity Music City in Hendersonville, TN.

Those honoring the careers of the new Hall of Fame members were: Trace Adkins, Jeremy Camp, The Fairfield Four, Larry Gatlin, Bobby Jones, Babbie Mason, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Rambos, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Russ Taff, TobyMac, and Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC's . The evening was hosted by Larry Gatlin and Chonda Pierce.

The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony was produced by the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame committee: Tom Long chairman, Charles Dorris, Ken Harding, Ed Harper, Roger Holmes, Jody Mainello, Brian Mason, Stacy Merida, Judy Nelon, Diane Pearson, Gregory E.l Seneff, and Rick Goodman, executive producer.

ABOUT THE GMA GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF FAME
The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame, established in 1971, has inducted more than 150 members since its inception. Previous inductees include Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, Amy Grant, the Statler Brothers, the Winans, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Andrae Crouch, Sandi Patty, Vestal Goodman, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Oak Ridge Boys, the Blackwood Brothers, Petra, Bill and Gloria Gaither, the Happy Goodman Family, Larry Norman, Pat Boone , Dottie Rambo, Evie, Larry Norman, Richard Smallwood, Jake Hess, The Lewis Family, Thomas A. Dorsey, the Cathedral Quartet, the Fairfield Four, Billy Graham and the Jordanaires. A full list of GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame Inductees is available at gmahalloffame.org

Clyde Wright accepts induction for his group, The Golden Gate Quartet, based in Paris, France.
Photo by Kurt Heinecke / The Judy Nelon Group

The Fairfield Four performs during the induction of The Golden Gate Quartet.
Photo by Kurt Heinecke / The Judy Nelon Group

Ernie Haase & Signature Sound perform during the induction of The Golden Gate Quartet.
Photo by Kurt Heinecke / The Judy Nelon Group

Jeremy Camp performs during the induction of DeGarmo & Key.
Photo by Kurt Heinecke / The Judy Nelon Group

Trace Adkins performs during the induction of Johnny Cash.
Photo by Kurt Heinecke / The Judy Nelon Group

John Carter Cash accepts induction for his father Johnny Cash while presenters, The Oak Ridge Boys, look on.
Photo by Kurt Heinecke / The Judy Nelon Group

LISTEN TO CLYDE WRIGHT on WBAV 101.9FM RADIO, CHARLOTTE, NC
Sunday, February 27th at 11:00am (EST) on WBAV 101.9FM in Charlotte, North Carolina
Presented by Beatrice Thompson, News & Public Affairs Director/Talk Show Host
If you miss it, it will be uploaded on the station website next week.

CLYDE WRIGHT INTERVIEWED BY THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
From one-room school to world's gospel stage Clyde Wright has been there, sung that with Golden Gate Quartet. Not bad for a poor kid from west Charlotte.
Read the interview by David Perlmutt

Celebrate Christmas with The Golden Gate Quartet ! Merry Christmas!

Tune into the BBC FOUR Sessions TV program "Soul Noel: Gospel and Soul Stars sing Christmas songs " - A Christmas concert of classic festive carols with a gospel and soul twist, featuring The Golden Gate Quartet, Beverley Knight, Carleen Anderson, Ola Onabule, Bryn Christopher

Photos © BBC

Air times on BBC 4:
Sunday Dec. 19 at 9pm
Monday Dec. 20 at 3:15am
Friday Dec 24 at 9:30pm

For more information click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/bbcfoursessions:

A special message from Clyde:
" Hi every one, Check out our new CD and my book just released. I am very happy to be able to accomplish so much at 82 years young. Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t use drugs, and don’t keep bad company and you too can accomplish even more! God Bless you all."

An amazing new album available for sale at concerts and at a music store near you: "Incredible Golden Gate Quartet" . With new songs. For more information or to order the album, please click here

A new book is available now, by Flammarion Editions called "Oh Happy Days" co-written by Clyde Wright and Philippe Legrand. Be on the look out at a bookstore near you. Or click here to order it :

The Golden Gate Quartet performed on French Television show "Chabada" (France 3 TV) in honor of Line Renaud click here to watch

London fell in love with the Golden Gate Quartet who performed
on November 19 at the London Jazz Festival at the Royal Festival Hall. The concert was followed with 2 interviews on BBC Radio 3 et
Radio 6. The GGQ hadn't performed in England since 1956 !

The Golden Gate Quartet on BBC radio

For the latest concerts dates, please click here

Watch Clyde Wright’s interview on France 2’s news program (French national television). He talks about Obama, Paris as his favourite city and introduces his new book « Oh Happy Days » co-written with Philippe Legrand and the GGQ’s new album release « Incredible » Click here to watch

The Golden Gate Quartet sings at U.S. president Obama's inauguration in Paris click here to read the article and listen to the web radio commentary on Radio France International (in English)

More on the Golden Gate Quartet and Obama Celebrations:
Paris Match- read article here
Comite de Soutien pour Barack Obama - read article here

Clyde Wright met Martin Luther King III in Paris on November 15, 2008 at a Barack Obama election celebration.

Good news, the Golden Gate Quartet's latest album
"Live 70 Years Around the World !!!" is available on the internet.
You can download and purchase a copy of it now.
Follow the links below and choose your favorite music
download store to get it!

IMPORTANT: Copy and paste the whole link in your internet browser

iTUNES Worldwide

On iTunes, this link is the only one required for the different
countries, as buyers will be automatically redirected to their local store

* You may have heard that the Golden Gate Quartet is announcing a 2008-2009 Farewell tour, well yes this is true. So make sure to catch them >> Click here for the list of upcoming 2008 tour dates

NEW! Read the story of Clyde's singing with the Sultans and the Serenaders. This was before his time with the Golden Gate Quartet! while he was in the army. Read on and listen to music clips! Click here

Watch video excerpts of the Golden Gate Quartet concert in Guadeloupe capital, Pointe à Pitre. Click here to watch!

The Golden Gate Quartet on French TV showTaratata in 1994
With French jazz vocalist Michel Jonasz : Click here for the video
Singing Oh Happy Days: Click here for the video

While in the French Antilles islands, Clyde Wright was interviewed by France Antilles. Click here to read the interview

A brand new article and portrait of Clyde Wright in France's national newspaper Liberation >> Click here to read or click here for the e-paper

A touching and very interesting appearance by Clyde on Studio M (RFO Television) presented by Marijosé Alie >> Click here to watch

Listen to Clyde on RFI radio station's show called L'Epopee des Musiques Noires. Click here to listen

The Elikiaa Afro Gospel Blog writes about the Casino De Paris performance with enthousiasm and humout. Click here to read

We have a lot more new videos of the Golden Gate Quartet for you, so sit back, relax, grab some tea or coffee and click on the links below:

* The 4 singers on FRANCE 2 - TV show "Thé ou Café" . Click here to watch the video interview !

* Interview and performance France 2's Télé Matin" of FRANCE 2! Click here to watch (Make sure to scroll the time slider to 1:58:00 to go straight to the beginning)

* the 4 singers are guests of the O Quotidien show on RFO television. Click here to watch

* The Golden Gate Quartet at the Jazz Festival in Vienna, Austria. Click here to watch

* An interview of Clyde Wright and a retrospective documentary about the Golden Gate Quartet. Click here to watch

* The Golden Gate Quartet performs Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho on TVE Spanish television. Click here to watch

* The Golden Gate Quartet visiting and performing in Saigon, Vietnam. Amazing! Click here to watch

* The Golden Gate Quartet appearing in a 1948 Danny Kaye movie "A song is born". Click here to watch

The Golden Gate Quartet were inducted in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Click here for more info

The official poster for the February 5 to 10 at the Casino de Paris

* Friends of Clyde Wright and the Golden Gate Quartet: Pow Wow

NEWS ARCHIVE
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* The Golden Gate Quartet appeared on iTelevision on January 5, 2008. So tune in! In December, Clyde Wright was interviewed about the GGQ's Farewell tour on iTelevision's "i Matin" morning show. See pictures below and click to enlarge.

* The Golden Gate Quartet gave an amazing performance at the Festival de la Médina in Tunisia's capital.
The concert took place at the Théatre Municipal de Tunis on October 3, 2007 and received rave reviews in the press. Click below to watch the pictures and read the Tunisian press articles. Then go to the concerts section, for upcoming 2007/2008 tour dates

* Read this press article about the Golden Gate Quartet's appearance at the International Jazz Festival of Reus, Spain (March 17, 2007).
Click on the image below

* Beautiful pictures from the Golden Gate Quartet !!!
Click here to view...

* For those of you who read French, head over to the French news page for a great article about the GGQ in the Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace

* Clyde Wright and the Golden Gate Quartet appeared on German Television "Heino - Die Show" !
The Golden Gate Quartet appeared on "Heino - Die Show" on January 20th, 2005 on Das Erste German TV Channel (MDR/ARD). To celebrate the Heino Show's 40th anniversary the Golden Gate Quartet performed two songs.

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Heino-Die Show
Jubiläumstournee 2005
(Heino German Tour Poster 2005)

* Clyde receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Carolina, South Carolina and Southern Virginia Gospel Announcers Guild (March 2004).

For Clyde, it was an honor to receive an award which marked his amazing career and professional achievements.

Click here for photos of the event and of Clyde's acceptance speech. And click here for more information on the Gospel Announcers Guild

* Afrik.com
Article in French about Clyde, a gospel legend from the
Golden Gate Quartet
(September 2003, by Falila Gbadamassi)
http://www.afrik.com/article6555.html

* Glorylandgospel.com
“Made In Raleigh” album review
(August 2003)
http://www.glorylandgospel.com/goldengatequartetreview.html

* GGQ in 1994 at UGHA award ceremony
http://www.harmonytrain.com/Gospel/Gospel.htm

* Editions Frémeaux & Associés
current record distributor for Clyde Wright and the GGQ
http://www.fremeaux.com/