GOLDEN STARS of Greenwood,SC
Norris Turner was a member of this group in their early days, in the first half of the 1950s. Their first released 45 on Pitch was in 1961 with Turner singing lead. Turner had left already by that time. Other members of the group were Alphonse Devlin, George Timothy Devlin Jr, James Marron Hackett, James Wilson and James Smith. Prior to their recordings for Pitch they released one 45 as the Golden Stars Quintet on Sullivan.
Their discography in what we believe is the chronological order:
| Golden Stars Quintet | Searching for Jesus (Norris Turner) | Sullivan 300 | c. 1954 | |
| The Lord will answer your prayer (Alphonso Devlin) | ||||
| Golden Stars of Greenwood SC | Jesus' blood | Pitch 101 | c. 1955 | |
| Jesus never left me | ||||
| River of Jordan | Pitch 102 | |||
| What a friend we have in Jesus | ||||
| Stop, get religion (Alphonso Devlin) | Pitch 105 | |||
| When the roll is called (Norris Turner) | ||||
| There's a god somewhere | Pitch 106 | |||
| When Jesus comes | ||||
| Tell mother I'll be there | Pitch 119 | c. 1972 | ||
| That's enough | ||||
| One day we'll be free | Pitch 124 | c. 1972/73 | ||
| The bells | ||||
| How beautiful Heaven must be (part 1) | Pitch 125 | c. 1973 | ||
| How beautiful Heaven must be (part 2) | ||||
| God's church cannot be destroyed | Gusman 101 | |||
| One more river to cross | ||||
| By the way of calvary | Gusman 115 | |||
| I know Jesus for myself | ||||
| Jesus blood | Pitch 608 | re of Pitch 101 | ||
| Jesus never left me |
They also released the following album:
| Pitch PLP1006 | My Heart Is Fixed | My heart is fixed | 1978 | |
| God’s church cannot be destroyed | ||||
| Do your best for the Lord while you can | ||||
| Toiling | ||||
| Jesus I have (?love) to call your name | ||||
| I want to go | ||||
| Just hold out | ||||
| Come and go to that land | ||||
| Tell mother I’ll be there | ||||
| Lord bless us with the blessing we need |
Additional Source:
- John Glassburner
- Per Notini
- The Gospel Discography 1943-1970
- Howard Robinson