The Prisonaires were an American doo-wop group, whose hit "Just Walkin' in the Rain" was released on Sun Records in 1953, while the group was incarcerated in the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville.
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- Mar 18, 2016
18:44 PM--They actually were prisoners at the Tennessee state pen. One of the group was serving one-to-five for involuntary manslaughter. That was the lightest sentence among them! - Nov 27, 2015
18:48 PMFrank Clement was the governor of Tennessee, who allowed The Prisonaires to leave the state penitentiary (under armed guard) and travel to Sun for this recording session.