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A.k.a. Elder Shumpert Watts Jr.
S. Watts Deacon S. Watts Elder Shumpert Watts Jr. During the years 1964 through 1972, Deacon Watts owned and managed the Mellotones gospel singers, wherein one of their most cherished voices was the late Cecil Brownlee. In 1968 Deacon Watts, along with Rev. James Granger and AL Hayward started Jas Records. Their first recording artists were the Mellotones, the Spiritual Echoes and the Soul Converters and a host of other New York , Baltimore and Washington DC. groups.