Joe Lutcher performed and recorded successfully in the 1940s, but later abandoned a commercial musical career and became an outspoken member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
10 Facts About Joe Lutcher
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Joe Lutcher was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, one of ten surviving children of Isaac and Susie Lutcher.
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Joe Lutcher was drafted into the US Navy in 1942, leaving in 1945 and returning to Los Angeles.
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Joe Lutcher led the house band at the Look Cafe in Los Angeles, before relocating to the more prestigious Cafe Society, where his band were renamed The Society Cats.
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Joe Lutcher worked as a bandleader for Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr.
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However, Lutcher was unhappy with Rupe's request that he only record slow blues, and at the behest of his sister Nellie recorded for Capitol Records.
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Joe Lutcher later recorded for Peacock Records in Houston, Texas, and for several smaller labels, but with diminishing success.
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In 1953, Joe Lutcher joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, and abandoned the music business, refusing to pay musicians' union dues because Church tenets prohibited union membership.
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Joe Lutcher joined Penniman in Bible studies, and they toured the country together as The Little Richard Evangelistic Team, preaching the word of God to reportedly enthusiastic crowds.
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Joe Lutcher later set up a gospel record shop and a record label, Jordan Records, which released recordings by himself and by The Gospelaires and The Jordan Gospel Singers.