His compositions have been covered by Ola & the Janglers, The Five Tornados, Johnny And The Hurricanes, The Liverbirds, The Esquires, Gene Pitney and Burl Ives.
In the 1970s, Shorter returned to his faith and, along with his wife Gwen became very active in the Seventh-day Adventist church from which he had drifted away over prior years.
[1][2] His cousin is jazz saxophonist, Wayne Shorter, founding member of the group Weather Report.
[3] Shorter met his wife Gwen née Simmons in a New York night club on 42nd Street.
[10] Their first single "Where The Four Winds Blow" bw "Good Buddy" was released in the U.S. on the Bigtop label in 1962.
[11] "They Hanged A Certain Man" appeared on the Doo-Bop-Jivers, Volume 7 CD album compilation which also featured The Mint Juleps, The Hi-Liters and The Five Keys.
Marks Music Corp.[15] On the 16th of April, 1966, Shorter was to appear at the New York Community College with Godfrey Cambridge to perform three of his own compositions which were published by E.B.
His two songs "Funky Butt Hall" and "The Hard Road Back" were due for release.
One was "9/11 Memorial Song (Should'a Been Home By Now)" which featured his daughter Hope; Christian Shorter played guitar.
[33][34] Around March 1967, Shorter produced the debut album Magic People for The Paupers, which they had recorded in New York.
At the time one of Shorter's roles was gathering studio musicians to record tunes for music publishers.
The second single "Am What I Am" b/w "Don't Care To" was a double Shorter composition and released on Verve Forecast KF5065 in 1967.
[49] They released one more single in 1969 on the Traffic Records label, "Apollo... Amen" bw "Why Concern Yourself".
[57][58] In the December 23, 1969 issue of Billboard, it was announced that Shorter and Ashram Associates were producing a one nighter gospel show that was to feature Rev.
[63][64] Having turned his back on the popular music industry, Shorter who had been acquainted artists such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix etc., reflected on the scene he had left behind.
Having heard nothing for a few weeks, she went to Tennessee with the intention of coming back in time to do some work for Batten Barton Durstine and Osborne, an advertising company.
The day after she left, someone from the off Broadway musical contacted the restaurant to say that she had landed the lead role.
[66] In the early 1970s, the Shorters ran a vegetarian health food store and restaurant called The Beautiful Way, which was located in New York's Greenwich Village.
[67] As lay evangelists, they held a week of prayer and they spoke to young people at a Detroit Center church.
[68] After living in New York for 35 years, Shorter and his wife moved to Southern California where they published religious and health related material.
His funeral was held at Central Filipino Seventh-day-Adventist Church in Los Angeles on September 10.