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The ONeal Twins
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The O’Neal Twins hailed from a long-established family out of central St. Louis. Their\ngrandparents belonged to the Pentecostal movement headquartered at the All Saints\nHoliness Church, which later became associated with The Church of God in Christ\ndenomination of Missouri, under the guidance of the late bishop Daniel Bostic. Twins\nEdgar and Edward were born in 1938 to Rowena and Edward\nO’Neal III. Early vocal endeavors were encouraged by their pastor, Elder James Ward\nSenior. However, the lads did not take singing seriously until they were well into their\nteens. Fooling around on piano and knowing little about harmony, the boys fudged\naround with a few songs for awhile. The O’Neals were hampered by the fact that they\ncame from a non-musical family. But the boys persevered and by the late fifties were\nsinging at storefront churches, prayer meetings, and occasional trips to guest on\nprograms out of town.\nSt. Louis, of course, is home to The Greater Bethlehem Baptist Church on\nWashington Street, pastored by the Rev. Cleophus Robinson. The O’Neals became\nfeatured guests on Robinson’s church programs. In 1962, the twins were introduced by\nRobinson to Don Robey, head of Peacock Records in Houston, who signed the pair to\na five-year contract. The twins’ first single, topped with the song “Every day with\nJesus,” yielded promising sales figures.\nThe O’Neals were fortunate enough to appear on Peter Brysac’s “TV Gospel\ntime” over the spring of 1965. On the program, hosted by Georgia Lewis with Professor\nAlfred Miller handing the musical arrangements, the duo sang three selections, “Power\nin the blood,” the twosome’s then current release, plus rapturous renditions of “Prayer\nis the key” and “Keep in touch with Jesus” from a single put out a year earlier.
The O’Neal Twins hailed from a long-established family out of central St. Louis. Their\ngrandparents belonged to the Pentecostal movement headquartered at the All Saints\nHoliness Church, which later became associated with The Church of God in Christ\ndenomination of Missouri, under the guidance of the late bishop Daniel Bostic. Twins\nEdgar and Edward were born in 1938 to Rowena and Edward\nO’Neal III. Early vocal endeavors were encouraged by their pastor, Elder James Ward\nSenior. However, the lads did not take singing seriously until they were well into their\nteens. Fooling around on piano and knowing little about harmony, the boys fudged\naround with a few songs for awhile. The O’Neals were hampered by the fact that they\ncame from a non-musical family. But the boys persevered and by the late fifties were\nsinging at storefront churches, prayer meetings, and occasional trips to guest on\nprograms out of town.\nSt. Louis, of course, is home to The Greater Bethlehem Baptist Church on\nWashington Street, pastored by the Rev. Cleophus Robinson. The O’Neals became\nfeatured guests on Robinson’s church programs. In 1962, the twins were introduced by\nRobinson to Don Robey, head of Peacock Records in Houston, who signed the pair to\na five-year contract. The twins’ first single, topped with the song “Every day with\nJesus,” yielded promising sales figures.\nThe O’Neals were fortunate enough to appear on Peter Brysac’s “TV Gospel\ntime” over the spring of 1965. On the program, hosted by Georgia Lewis with Professor\nAlfred Miller handing the musical arrangements, the duo sang three selections, “Power\nin the blood,” the twosome’s then current release, plus rapturous renditions of “Prayer\nis the key” and “Keep in touch with Jesus” from a single put out a year earlier.
