Calvin Newton

Calvin Newton enjoyed several careers in his 50 years in music, including success as a gospel singer and a stint producing some of the more interesting garage rock of the mid-'60s southern and border states. Born in West Frankfort, Illinois, Newton was the son of a coal miner who was also a Church of God preacher and founded churches in Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky. During the '40s, Newton was a member of the Melody Masters and the Blackwood Brothers Quartet, where he sang first tenor. After serving in the Korean War, he became a singer with the gospel group the Gaither H...