The Statesmen Quartet
Elvis Presley
...Presley frequently attended all-night gospel singings at the Ellis Auditorium, where groups such as the Statesmen Quartet led the music in a style that, Guralnick suggests, sowed the...
Gospel music
...tenor.) Flavors in Southern gospel range from ultra-traditional early quartet music (i.e. the Statesmen Quartet, circa 1940-50) to very cutting edge sounds (i.e. current Signature...
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The Blackwood Brothers
Blackwood Brothers' Bus (Replica) at SGMA Museum The Blackwood Brothers formed a partnership with the Statesmen quartet to tour as a team in the 1950s. This dominance lasted...
The Oak Ridge Boys
...sound. In 1962, Ron Page quit, and the group hired Gary McSpadden (who had filled in for Jake Hess in the Statesmen quartet) as baritone with the understanding from Hess that when...
The Imperials
...founded in 1964 by Jake Hess and continue to perform today. The band had its genesis when long-time Statesmen Quartet member Jake Hess retired from that band on December 7, 1963. Hess...
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
...but traditional in sound, emulating the great Southern Gospel groups of the 20th Century, including the legendary Statesmen Quartet, the Stamps Quartet, the Blackwood Brothers and of...
Cathedral Quartet
...problems enough to continue to appear on some more Homecoming videos, contributing a memorable version of the old Statesmen quartet song "Up Above My Head" with former Statesemen lead...
Jake Hess
...Masters Quartet. Hess finally got a chance to sing lead with the Statesmen Quartet from 1947 until 1964. After leaving the Statesmen Quartet ,Jake formed the Imperials Quartet. In 1967...
Fyffe, Alabama
...County School System . Vestal Goodman, Southern Gospel artist, founding member of the Happy Goodman Family Cat Freeman, former member of the Statesmen Quartet and the Oak Ridge Boys
Palmetto State Quartet
...1989. First was Mr. Gospel Music himself, Hovie Lister. Hovie of course was the founder and manager of The Statesmen Quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Hovie would play the piano for the...
The Statesmen Quartet
...name associated with the foundation of the modern day gospel quartet was that of Hovie Lister and the Statesmen Quartet. Names like James 'Big Chief' Wetherington, Denver Crumpler, Jake...
Ty Ty, Georgia
...with the Sunny South Quartet and then with the Melody Masters. In 1949, he became the bass singer for the Statesmen Quartet and it would be with that legendary group that his name would...
