The Mighty Aires were formed in 1980 through the vision of best friends Shirley Jones and Rosetta Finney. Formerly known as the Trii-State Gospelaires the members art the time were all from Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. After the split remaining members Shirley Jones, Rosetta Finney, and Bonita Finney joined forces with former Southern Gates members William “Country Bill” Riley and Eugene “Mitch” Mitchell to form the new group. Shortly after Deacon Sylvester Finney joined the group as a spokesman/MC but not yet a lead singer. And lastly current guitarist and vocalist, Curtis Clack joined the group as the drummer.

One night in a rehearsal they were looking to come up with a new name for the group. At the time 8 year old and now current lead singer Chuck Finney named the group the Mighty Aires. He states he got the name from his favorite cartoon shoe “Mighty Mouse” snd took the Aires from the old name Gospelaires. The Mighty Aires were born. After a year in existence they recorded their first recording “Promise To Meet Me There, and Battle Hymn of the Republic as a 45.