Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters was a Southern gospel music and comedy trio that was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001.[1] The group originally consisted of Wendy Bagwell, Geraldine Terry (later known professionally as Jerri Morrison), and Georgia Jones; Jones was succeeded by Dot Pressley, Virginia Williams, and, ultimately, by "Little Jan" Buckner, who married Bagwell's adopted nephew Ronnie Buckner.[2] The group was the first Southern gospel group to tour Europe, in 1965.[2] Their 1970 comedy monologue, "Here Come the Rattlesnakes" (sometimes known as "The Rattlesnake Song," although it contains no singing or music), an account of their performance at a small church in Harlan, Kentucky that handled rattlesnakes, was the first certifiable million seller in Southern gospel history.[2][3] Buckner is the only surviving member of the trio.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame (visited March 10, 2012).
- ^ a b c W.K. McNeil, Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music 21 - 22 (2005).
- ^ Wendy Bagwell (visited June 29, 2008).
- ^ The Official Site of Little Jan Buckner Ministries (visited June 29, 2008).
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