[2] Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, the family recording act consisted of siblings Linda, Alfred, Charity, Sam and Howard McCrary.
The group released their first album "Emerge" on Cat's Eye records in 1973, featuring the title song along with Kung Fu, Be A Father To Your Son, 6 other McCrary tunes and You've Got A Friend.
"They sang a fresh, hip, urban style of gospel that was years before its time," said Andrew Hamilton in his biography of the group in the All Music Guide.
For example: Linda McCrary has worked on sessions with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Angela Bofill, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Phil Driscoll, Keith Green, Candi Staton, Larnelle Harris, Kristle Murden, Philip Bailey, Danniebelle Hall, Becky Fender, Tommy Coomes, Bob Bailey (singer), Ron Kenoly, Scott V. Smith, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Juice Newton.
[8] Charity McCrary has collaborated with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Larnelle Harris, Gavin Christopher, Chaka Khan, Cat Stevens, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael McDonald, Patrick Henderson, Marlo Henderson, Wayne Henderson, Trevor Lawrence, Philip Bailey, Keith Green, Danniebelle Hall, Kristle Murden, Bob Bailey (singer), Sara Hickman, Lee Garrett, BeBe & CeCe Winans and Melissa Manchester.
[9] Howard McCrary has worked on projects with Quincy Jones, Andrae Crouch, Maria Muldaur, Helen Baylor, Edwin Hawkins, Keith Green, Kristle Murden, Larnelle Harris, Danniebelle Hall, Scott V. Smith, Becky Fender, Bob Bailey (singer), Jennifer Love Hewitt, Chaka Khan, Hanne Boel, the California Raisins, and Changing Faces.