# The Crusaders | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-crusaders
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/the-crusaders/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 03:01 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-crusaders
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/the-crusaders/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/the-crusaders/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: The Crusaders
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `the-crusaders`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 03:01 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-979d46621233086a
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 2055
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 5
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 3
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Street Life
- Current-month titles with activity: Street Life
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

The Crusaders started as The Jazz Crusaders in 1961, with Wilton Felder on saxophone, Wayne Henderson on trombone, Joe Sample at the piano, Henry Franklin on bass, and Nesbert 'Stix' Hooper on drums. They shifted toward a more accessible sound in the mid-1960s, which led to their breakthrough album 'Stand Alone.' Their music mixed hard bop with soul and funk, built around Sample's piano lines, Henderson's trombone work, and Hooper's...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Street Life — https://lyroverse.com/the-crusaders/street-life