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    • Aug 3, 1924
    Gordon Stoker, of The Jordanaires, is born in Gleason, Tennessee. The quartet sings back-up on singles by Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Dean and Tammy Wynette, among others, gaining enrollment in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Jul 2, 1925
    Culley Holt is born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He becomes a founding member of the vocal group The Jordanaires, although he leaves by 1955 and is not a part of the ensemble that is eventually elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 31, 1927
    Hoyt Hawkins, of The Jordanaires, is born in Paducah, Kentucky. The group performs as backing vocalists on a long list of hits by George Jones, Kenny Rogers and Elvis Presley, among others, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Aug 25, 1927
    Monty Matthews is born in Pulaski, Kentucky. He is a founding member of The Jordanaires, but leaves the quartet in 1952, just as it is becoming one of Nashville's primary studio background vocal groups
    Oct 11, 1929
    Vocalist Hugh Jarrett is born in Nashville, Tennessee. A member of The Jordanaires during the mid-1950s, he appears on numerous Elvis Presley hits as well as the Jim Reeves single "The Blizzard"
    Oct 26, 1929
    Neal Matthews is born in Nashville. As a member of The Jordanaires, he sings background on hits by George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Horton, Elvis Presley and others, propelling the quartet into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
    Mar 16, 1934
    Ray Walker is born in Centerville, Mississippi. As a member of The Jordanaires, he sings background vocals on hits by Tammy Wynette, Elvis Presley and Kenny Rogers, among others, as the group carves a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Apr 29, 1941
    Vocalist Duane West is born in Salisbury, Maryland. An alternate member of The Jordanaires, he sings on such hits as Conway Twitty's "Don't Take It Away," Mickey Gilley's "Stand By Me" and Waylon Jennings' "You Can Have Her"
    Oct 31, 1954
    When Eddy Arnold plays Memphis' Ellis Auditorium, a young Elvis Presley finds his way backstage. Presley meets Arnold and The Jordanaires, and spots--though he does not talk to--Colonel Tom Parker
    Apr 11, 1956
    Elvis Presley records with The Jordanaires for the first time, after a flight in which his plane developed engine trouble. They do only one song, "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," in the Nashville session
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