Artist Info: Brother Claude Ely

"Brother" Claude Ely (Lee County, Virginia, July 22, 1922 – Newport, Kentucky, May 7, 1978) was a religious singer-songwriter and a Pentecostal Holiness preacher.
Brother Claude Daniel Ely, coined as the King Recording Label’s “Gospel Ranger” of the Appalachian Mountains, was born in Pucketts Creek, Lee County, Virginia. He was the first Pentecostal Holiness recording artist to be signed to a major recording label for strictly sacred music and songs. [read more...]