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From Michigan City, Indiana, “The Flying Eagles Gospel Singers were,” as the back cover of their Another Day’s Journey LP attests, “organized July 24th, 1965, under the leadership of Rev. James Sanders.” The group, initially known as Five Eagle Singers, soon lost Sanders, their leader, when he moved not to Chicago but to Cleveland. Enter Macon, Georgia, born-and-raised Robert Hogan Sr., who quickly tired of the group’s poor discipline, and disdained their recurrent failure to show up for Sunday services, after spending Saturday nights at the club. Meanwhile, Hogan’s three sons had formed their own group, calling themselves the Little Eagles. Twelve-year-old Robert Jr., eight-year-old Glenn,and 6-year-old Lonnie took up guitar, bass, and drums, respectively, and posted up their precocious talent for singing the spirituals they heard around the house.
When Robert Sr. and his wife Elnora joined their boys, the name Little Eagles no longer applied, and the Five Eagle Singers got a temporary reprieve. But after performances at Church of God in Christ on Michigan City’s Union Street, the assembled referred to them instead as “the Flying Eagles.” With pastor’s encouragements, the name stuck. Following Robert Sr.’s steady hand, the youthful group hit the recording studio before Lonnie had even graduated grammar school.
When Robert Sr. and his wife Elnora joined their boys, the name Little Eagles no longer applied, and the Five Eagle Singers got a temporary reprieve. But after performances at Church of God in Christ on Michigan City’s Union Street, the assembled referred to them instead as “the Flying Eagles.” With pastor’s encouragements, the name stuck. Following Robert Sr.’s steady hand, the youthful group hit the recording studio before Lonnie had even graduated grammar school.
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