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J.D. Sumner & The Stamps

United States

J.D. Sumner & The Stamps is credited on 1,109 releases across 151 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,109

Credits

151

Albums

7

Decades active

249

In collections

Biography

In 1962, J. D. Sumner became the manager of The Stamps Quartet. Three years later, he left The Blackwood Brothers Quartet to sing with them, which became known as J.D. Sumner & The Stamps. Elvis Presley, while as a teenager, idolized Sumner's singing after seeing him perform with The Sunshine Boys Quartet. Presley hired J.D. Sumner & The Stamps as his back-up singers in 1971. The group toured and recorded with Presley from November 1971 until Presley's death in 1977.

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Credited work

1,109 releases · 151 albums · active 1968–2026

  • Performance · 1,549
  • Other credits · 111

Studios: Honolulu International Center · Mid-South Coliseum-Memphis, Tennessee · Madison Square Garden · Las Vegas Hilton

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