The sound

Gospel was the beginning.

The names changed. The genres changed. The McCrary harmony kept moving. Follow the thread from their father’s voice to the Sisters’ own musical conversations.

The foundation

Before the record, there was a room.

Rev. Samuel McCrary, the Fairfield Four, and a home filled with harmony. Gospel is where this lineage begins.

Rev. Samuel McCrary · The Fairfield Four

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A lineage of influences and collaborations across individual careers and the group’s work.

A living timeline

Nearly a century
of music.

1935
A voice finds its place.
Rev. Samuel McCrary joins the Fairfield Four.
The radio years
From Nashville, across America.
WLAC carries the Fairfield Four’s harmonies into homes far beyond Tennessee.
The next generation
Four daughters are listening.
Ann, Alfreda, Deborah, and Regina grow up inside the family sound.
1989
A national heritage.
The Fairfield Four, including Samuel McCrary, are honored as NEA National Heritage Fellows.
1991
A voice becomes an inheritance.
Samuel McCrary dies. The music continues in his family.
1998 / 1999
The tradition is honored.
A Grammy for the Fairfield Four is followed by the group’s induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
2025
A lifetime of song.
The Americana Music Association honors the McCrary Sisters with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ryman.
Today
Still passing it on.
Still singing. Still recording. Still gathering. A family sound, carried forward.