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Gordon Stoker–Tenor Singer with The Jordanaires–Passes at 88
Gordon Stoker–Tenor Singer with The Jordanaires–Passes at 88
Gordon Stoker–Tenor Singer with The Jordanaires–Passes at 88
Gordon Stoker, tenor singer for Country Music Hall of Fame vocal group the Jordanaires, died Wednesday morning, March 27, 2013, at Alive Hospice in Nashville. He was 88. The Jordanaires’ harmonies can be heard on some of the most famous recordings from the 1960s and early ‘70s, particularly the Elvis Presley classics “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” and “It’s Now or Never.”