August 3, 1924 Gordon Stoker, of The Jordanaires, was born in Gleason, Tennessee. Gordon sang lead tenor and originally played the piano for the group. The Jordanaires sang back-up on most of the recordings by Elvis Presley. As a member of the Jordanaires, Stoker also performed with Patsy Cline on “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces” and “Sweet Dreams,” and with Ricky Nelson on “Traveling Man” and “Hello Mary Lou.” The Jordanaires backed up many other Country acts, often participating in 4 to 5 recording

Gordon Stoker, the late leader of the legendary vocal group The Jordanaires was born August 3, 1924 in Gleason, TN. Gordon first sang with ELVIS PRESLEY on “I Was The One” on January 11,1956 alongside the RCA Records vocal duo of Ben and Brock Speer, but soon the full complement of Jordanaires was working with Elvis regularly for the next 14 years.. They also did a number of sessions with Patsy Cline - they are on the master recording of Patsy’s “She’s Got You” for example—and work with Jim Reev