J.D. Sumner

John Daniel J D Sumner was an American gospel singer songwriter and music promoter noted for his bass voice Sumner sings the final note on the Elvis Presley song Way Down a C1 His vocal range extended below the lowest playable note on the piano reaching the note G0 in a 26second vocal slide at a concert while singing backing vocals for Presley There are some claiming he reached an Eb0 in a recorded live concert while singing with the Blackwood Brothers however this cannot be verified He was famous for his group J D Sumner and the Stamps Quartet and his associations with the Blackwood Brothers and Elvis Presley