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Southern Gospel Music Association

Southern Gospel Music Association
Company typenonprofit
IndustrySouthern gospel music
GenreChristian
FounderGlen Payne J. D.Sumner James Blackwood
Headquarters
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
,
United States
Key people
Raymond Brooks, Eric Blackwood, David Sutton, Eric Bennett, Lisa Fuller, Ron Blackwood Jr., Daniel Justice, Martina Blackwood
OwnerSouthern Gospel Media
ParentSouthern Gospel Media
Websitesgma.org

The Southern Gospel Music Association (SGMA) is a non-profit corporation formed as an association of southern gospel music singers, songwriters, fans, and industry workers. Membership is acquired and maintained through payment of annual dues. The SGMA was formed in 1994, and states that its primary goal is "to preserve, protect and promote Southern Gospel Music, its history and heritage".

The Southern Gospel Music Association operates the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame in Pigeon Forge, a popular Tennessee tourist town, and also hosts the Southern Gospel Music Awards. The Hall of Fame and Museum was opened at the Dollywood theme park in 1999.

Leadership of the SGMA is vested in a 23-member board of directors. The SGMA is responsible for the nomination, selection, and induction into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

History

The Gospel Music Association (GMA) was founded in 1964 to promote Gospel music.[1] It was created as an extension of the National Quartet Convention, a convention devoted to Southern gospel that had been operating since 1956.[2] Its founding board included Don Butler, Cecil and James Blackwood, Vestal Goodman, Charlie Lamb, Don Light, and J.D. Sumner, and its first president was Tennessee Ernie Ford.[2][3] In its early years, it faced competition from the United States Gospel Music Association, a for-profit entity also focused on gospel music.[4]

In the 1970s and 1980s, tension and conflict emerged between Southern gospel and the newer developments of Jesus music and Contemporary Christian music.[5][6] Southern Gospel conservatives had been resistant to racial integration, and even as they were slowly becoming more receptive to integration, the new developments in Christian music resulted in Southern Gospel becoming increasingly marginalized by music consumers and losing influence in the GMA.[5][6][7] Many Southern conservatives, including members of the GMA, also disapproved of rock music and felt that the newer styles of Gospel music being promoted by the GMA indicated that the organization was essentially moving into an alliance with the "enemy".[8] The Southern Gospel industry became disenchanted with the direction that the GMA was heading and a new organization, the Southern Gospel Music Association, was formed by Charles Waller.[9] However, in 1985, this organization was absorbed by the GMA.[7][9] A new, independent Southern Gospel Music Association was formed in 1995.[7][10][11]

Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame

The Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame is a site operated in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, by the Southern Gospel Music Association, at the Biblical Times Dinner Theater. It was established in 1997. The Hall of Fame is composed of pioneers in the field of Southern gospel music; members are selected by the SGMA annually, and are honored by a descriptive plaque and portrait in the Hall itself. The Museum contains thousands of items of memorabilia and a gift shop. Items on display include a replica of the Blackwood Brothers first bus, interactive video and sound clips, and bronze plaques of Hall of Fame inductees. It has been estimated that over one million people visit the facility annually.

Inductees

1990s

Inductee Year Birth / Death Notes
Lee Roy Abernathy 1997 1913 - 1993 Musician/Singer/Songwriter; Homeland Harmony Quartet; Rangers Quartet; Happy Two
Wendy Bagwell 1997 1925 - 1996 Singer/Songwriter/Comedian; Founder/Owner/Manager; Wendy Bagwell & the Sunliters (1954-1996)
Clarice “Ma” Baxter 1997 1898 - 1972 Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company
J.R. Baxter 1997 1887 - 1960 Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company
Les Beasley 1997 1928 - 2018 Singer/Songwriter/Producer; Owner/Manager of The Florida Boys (1959-2007);

Co-Producer & Host of the Gospel Singing Jubilee;

NQC Board of Directors

James Blackwood 1997 1919 - 2002 Singer/Concert Promoter; Owner/Manager of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet (1948-1981);

Masters V; James Blackwood Quartet; Co-Founder of National Quartet Convention

Albert E Brumley 1997 1905 - 1977 Songwriter
DP “Dad” Carter 1997 1889 - 1965 Singer/Musician; Founder/Owner/Manager of the Chuck Wagon Gang (1936-1955)
Denver Crumpler 1997 1912 - 1957 Singer; Statesmen Quartet; Rangers Quartet
John Daniel 1997 1906 - 1961 Singer; Founder/Owner/Manager of John Daniel Quartet (1930s-1961)
Gov. Jimmie Davis 1997 1899 - 2000 Singer/Songwriter/Actor/Politician
Wally Fowler 1997 1917 - 1994 Singer/Songwriter/Concert Promoter/Radio & Television Personality;

Founder/Owner/Manager of the Oak Ridge Boys (1945-1959);

Founder of the All Nite Sing

Bill Gaither 1997 1936 - Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/Producer/Concert Promoter;

Founder/Owner/Manager Bill Gaither Trio (1959-1990s);

Founder/Owner/Manager of Gaither Vocal Band (1981–present);

Gaither Homecoming Video & Concert Series

Rusty Goodman 1997 1933 - 1990 Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Producer; Happy Goodmans; Plainsmen

Connor Hall 1997 1916 - 1992 Singer/Publisher; Owner/Manager of Homeland Harmony Quartet (1948-1989);

Founding Member of Tennessee Music & Printing Company

Herman Harper 1997 1938 - 1993 Singer/Producer/Industry Exec; Oak Ridge Boys;

Founder of Gospel Music Trust Fund; Founder of The Harper Agency

Jake Hess 1997 1927 - 2004 Singer; Statesmen Quartet; Melody Masters; Masters V; Founder/Manager of The Imperials (1964-1967)
Eva Mae LeFevre 1997 1917 - 2008 Singer/Musician; The LeFevres
Urias LeFevre 1997 1910 - 1979 Singer/Musician; Owner/Manager/Founding member of The LeFevres (1934-1974)
Hovie Lister 1997 1926 - 2001 Musician/Singer/Songwriter/Concert Promoter; Founder/Owner/Manager of the Statesmen Quartet (1948-2001); Homeland Harmony Quartet; The LeFevres; Rangers Quartet; Masters V; Palmetto State Quartet
Mosie Lister 1997 1921 - 2015 Songwriter/Singer/Musician
Marvin Norcross 1997 1929 - 1980 Producer; Founder of Canaan Records
WB Nowlin 1997 1905 - 1994 Concert Promoter
Lloyd Orrell 1997 1907 - 1983 Concert Promoter
O.A. Parris 1997 1897 - 1966 Songwriter/Publisher
Glen Payne 1997 1926 - 1999 Singer; Founder/Owner/Manager of Cathedral Quartet (1963-1999);

Stamps Quartet; Weatherfords; NQC Board of Directors

Dottie Rambo 1997 1934 - 2008 Singer/Songwriter; The Rambos
G.T. “Dad” Speer 1997 1891 - 1966 Singer/Songwriter/Teacher; Founder/Owner/Manager of the Speer Family (1921-1963)
Lena “Mom” Speer 1997 1899 - 1967 Singer; Matriarch of the Speer Family (1921-1967)
Brock Speer 1997 1920 - 1999 Singer/Producer/Industry Exec; Owner/Manager of the Speer Family (1966-1998);

NQC Board of Directors

Frank Stamps 1997 1896 - 1965 Singer/Publisher; Founder of Stamps Quartet Music Company
V.O. Stamps 1997 1892 - 1940 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/

Radio Pioneer; Founder of Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Company

J.D. Sumner 1997 1924 - 1998 Singer/Songwriter/Concert Promoter/Innovator; Sunshine Boys; Blackwood Brothers; Masters V; Owner/Manager of the Stamps Quartet (1965-1998); Founding Director of the National Quartet Convention; Customized first entertainment coach
James D Vaughan 1997 1864 - 1941 Innovator/Publisher/Songwriter/Teacher/Radio Pioneer; Founder of Southern Gospel Music in 1910;

Founder of the James D Vaughan Music Publishing Company, The Vaughan Quartet, and Vaughan School of Music; Founder of first southern radio station WOAN

Kieffer Vaughan 1997 1893 - 1969 Singer/Songwriter/Teacher/Publisher; Manager of Vaughan Music Printing Company 1941-1960s; Manager of Vaughan Quartet
“Big” Jim Waits 1997 1899 - 1974 Singer; Early “star” of gospel music; Vaughan Quartet; Stamps Quartet; John Daniel Quartet; The LeFevres; Homeland Harmony Quartet; The Revelaires; Rebels Quartet
James S. “Big Chief” Wetherington 1997 1922 - 1973 Singer/Songwriter; Statesmen Quartet; Melody Masters
J.G. Whitfield 1997 1915 - 2006 Singer/Producer/Concert Promoter/Radio & TV Personality; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Florida Boys (1947-1959); Founder/Owner/Manager of The Dixie Echoes (1960-1967); Founder of Singing News Magazine & Gospel Singing Jubilee
Eldridge Fox 1998 1936 - 2002 Singer/Musician/Songwriter/Publisher/Producer; Owner/Manager of Kingsmen (1971-2001);

NQC Board of Directors

Ben Speer 1998 1930 - 2017 Singer/Musician/Publisher/Producer; Speer Family; Homeland Quartet
George Younce 1998 1930 - 2005 Singer/Songwriter; Cathedral Quartet; Blue Ridge Quartet; Weatherfords
Smitty Gatlin 1999 1935 - 1972 Singer/Songwriter; Owner/Manager of the Oak Ridge Boys (1957-1966);

Founder/Owner/Manager of the Smitty Gatlin Trio (1966-1972)

Rex Nelon 1999 1932 - 2000 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Nelons (1977-1998); The LeFevres;

Homeland Harmony Quartet; NQC Board of Directors

Adger M Pace 1999 1882 - 1959 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/Teacher; Vaughan Radio Quartet
Rosie Rozell 1999 1928 - 1995 Singer/Songwriter; Statesmen Quartet; Tulsa Trumpeteers; Rosie Rozell & the Searchers; Masters V
W.B. Walbert 1999 1886 - 1959 Singer/Musician/Songwriter/Publisher; James D Vaughan Music Company

2000s

Inductee Year Birth / Death Notes
E.M. Bartlett 2000 1884 - 1941 Songwriter/Teacher/Publisher
James Roy “Pop” Lewis 2000 1905 - 2004 Singer/Musician/Songwriter; Owner/Founder/Manager of The Lewis Family (1950-1980s)
Doy Ott 2000 1919 - 1986 Singer/Musician/Songwriter;

Statesmen Quartet;

Stamps-Baxter Melody Boys;

Rangers Quartet;

Homeland Harmony Quartet

A.J. Showalter 2000 1858 - 1924 Songwriter/Teacher/Publisher
Earl Weatherford 2000 1922 - 1992 Singer/Musician; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Weatherfords (1947-1992)
Lily Fern Weatherford 2000 1928 - Singer; The Weatherfords
Glen Allred 2001 1934 - 2021 Singer/Songwriter/Musician;

Florida Boys; Oak Ridge Quartet

Cleavant Derricks 2001 1910 - 1977 Songwriter/Singer/Evangelist
Vep Ellis 2001 1917 - 1988 Songwriter/Singer/Musician/

Evangelist

Naomi Sego Reader 2001 1931 - 2017 Singer; Sego Brothers & Naomi
Dale Shelnut 2001 1935 - 1983 Singer; Owner/Manager of The Dixie Echoes (1972-1983); Rhythm Masters Quartet; Tennesseans Quartet
Ira Stanphill 2001 1914 - 1993 Singer/Songwriter/Evangelist
Buford Abner 2002 1917 - 2011 Singer/Songwriter;

Swanee River Boys

RW Blackwood 2002 1921 - 1954 Singer; Blackwood Brothers Quartet
Jerry Goff 2002 1935 - 2019 Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Evangelist/Concert Promoter;

Jerry & the Singing Goffs; Thrasher Brothers;

NQC Board of Directors

Vestal Goodman 2002 1929 - 2003 Singer; Happy Goodman Family
Alphus LeFevre 2002 1912 - 1988 Singer/Songwriter/Musician;

Founding member of The LeFevres

William M. Ramsey 2002 1872 - 1939 Singer/Songwriter/Teacher
R.E. Winsett 2002 1876 - 1952 Songwriter/Publisher/Teacher
Dwight Brock 2003 1907 - 1988 Musician/Songwriter/Teacher/

Publisher; Stamps Quartet; Vaughan Radio Quartet

Martin Cook 2003 1936 - 2022 Musician; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Inspirations (1964-2017)
Howard Goodman 2003 1921 - 2002 Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Evangelist; Founder/Owner/Manager of the Happy Goodman Family

J.A. McClung 2003 1891 - 1942 Singer/Songwriter/

Publisher/Teacher

Otis McCoy 2003 1897 - 1995 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/

Teacher; Vaughan Radio Quartet; Vaughan Saxophone Quartet;

Homeland Harmony Quartet;

Founding Director of Tennessee Music & Printing Company

Fred C. Maples 2003 1910 - 1987 Singer; Founder/Owner/Manager of the Harmoneers Quartet (1943-1957);

Homeland Harmony Quartet;

Vaughan Victory Quartet

J. Bazzel Mull 2003 1914 - 2006 Radio & Television Personality;

Concert Promoter

Homer Rodeheaver 2003 1880 - 1955 Singer/Songwriter/Evangelist/

Publisher/Radio Personality

Marion Snider 2003 1914 - 2010 Musician/Songwriter/Singer;

Stamps Quartet; Blackwood Brothers Quartet; Rangers Quartet; Imperial Quartet

Bobby Strickland 2003 1920 - 1953 Singer; Founder/Owner/Manager of the Crusaders Quartet;

Statesmen Quartet;

Harmoneers Quartet;

Sand Mountain Quartet

“Big” Jim Hamill 2004 1934 - 2007 Singer/Songwriter/Producer;

Kingsmen Quartet (1971-1996);

Rebels Quartet; Oak Ridge Boys; Foggy River Boys; Blue Ridge Quartet; Weatherfords

Kenny Hinson 2004 1953 - 1995 Singer/Songwriter; The Hinsons
Arnold Hyles 2004 1906 - 1979 Singer; Rangers Quartet
Lillian Little Soldier Klaudt 2004 1906 - 2001 Singer; Klaudt Indian Family
Harvey “Pop” Lester 2004 1902 - 1982 Singer/Radio & Television Personality/Concert Promoter;

The Lesters

Ed O’Neal 2004 1936 - Singer/Songwriter;

Owner & Manager of the Dixie Melody Boys (1965-2023)

London Parris 2004 1931 - 1992 Singer; Rebels Quartet;

Blackwood Brothers Quartet;

Apostles; Senators

Derrell Stewart 2004 1934 - 2021 Musician/Comedian;

The Florida Boys

B.C. Unseld 2004 1843 - 1923 Teacher/Publisher
Charles Vaughan 2004 1875 - 1965 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/

Politician; Vaughan Quartet

James D Walbert 2004 1918 - 2009 Musician/Songwriter/Teacher; Vaughan Quartet
Robert S Arnold 2005 1905 - 2003 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/

Teacher; National Quartet

Anna Gordon Davis 2005 1917 - 2004 Singer; Chuck Wagon Gang
Elmo Fagg 2005 1919 - 1981 Singer/Songwriter/Producer; Owner/Manager of The Blue Ridge Quartet (1949-1969)
Gloria Gaither 2005 1942 - Singer/Songwriter/Poet/Publisher/ Speaker; The Bill Gaither Trio;

Gaither Homecoming Series

Rosa Nell Speer Powell 2005 1922 - 2017 Singer/Musician/Teacher;

Speer Family

Joe Roper 2005 1919 - 1990 Musician/Songwriter/Publisher/

Teacher/Comedian;

Melody Boys Quartet;

Stamps Quartet; Prophets;

Blackwood Brothers Quartet

Bill Shaw 2005 1924 - 2018 Singer/Songwriter;

Blackwood Brothers Quartet

Erman Slater 2005 1903 - 1951 Singer; Rangers Quartet;

Harmoneers Quartet;

Sand Mountain Quartet;

Stamps Dixie Four;

Lone Star Quartet

Jack Toney 2005 1933 - 2004 Singer/Songwriter/Musician; Statesmen Quartet;

JD Sumner & the Stamps;

Southmen; Dixie Echoes

Eddie Wallace 2005 1924 - 2014 Singer/Musician/Comedian;

Sunshine Boys

Wallace “Happy” Edwards 2006 1926 - 2001 Singer/Comedian;

Harmoneers Quartet

Vernon Hyles 2006 1910 - 1972 Singer/Musician; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Rangers Quartet
Bob Jones Sr. 2006 1914 - 2007 Singer; Founder/Owner/Manager of the Songfellows Quartet; Stamps Quartet
Rose Carter Karnes 2006 1914 - 1997 Singer; Chuck Wagon Gang
Charles Key 2006 1926 - 2010 Musician; Harmoneers Quartet
Jack Pittman 2006 1926 - 2013 Singer/Concert Promoter; Owner/Manager of Palmetto State Quartet
Henry Slaughter 2006 1927 - 2020 Musician/Singer/Songwriter/

Producer; Weatherfords; Imperials; Henry & Hazel; Stamps Ozark Quartet

Mary Tom Speer Reid 2006 1925 - 2014 Singer/Musician; Speer Family
Maurice Templeton 2006 1932 - Singer/Industry Executive
Wally Varner 2006 1926 - 2004 Musician/Songwriter;

Blackwood Brothers Quartet;

Homeland Harmony Quartet

Gerald Williams 2006 1933 - Singer/Songwriter;

Melody Boys Quartet; Plainsmen;

Rosie Rozell & the Searchers

Roger Bennett 2007 1959 - 2007 Musician/Singer/Songwriter;

Cathedral Quartet; Legacy Five

Anthony Burger 2007 1961 - 2006 Musician; Kingsmen Quartet; Gaither Homecoming Series
Joel Hemphill 2007 1939 - Singer/Songwriter/Musician; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Hemphills
Lou Wills Hildreth 2007 1928 - 2019 Singer/Songwriter/Radio & TV Personality/Concert Promoter/Publisher/Industry Executive; The Wills Family
Jimmy Jones 2007 1921 - 2006 Singer/Songwriter/Poet; Rangers Quartet; Deep South Quartet; The LeFevres
David Reece 2007 1928 - 1999 Singer/Songwriter/Comedian; Rangers Quartet; Imperial Quartet; Harvesters Quartet; Rangers Trio
James Sego 2007 1927 - 1979 Singer/Songwriter; Founder/Owner/Manager of Sego Brothers & Naomi
Archie Watkins 2007 1949 - Singer; Owner/Manager of the Inspirations (2017–present)
Fred Daniel 2008 1924 - 2007 Singer; Sunshine Boys; Blue Ridge Quartet
Polly Grimes 2008 1931 - 2019 Concert Promoter
Herschel Lester 2008 1927 - 2004 Singer/Musician/Concert Promoter/Teacher/Television Personality; The Lesters
Squire Parsons 2008 1948 - Singer/Songwriter/Musician; Kingsmen; Squire Parsons & Redeemed; Soloist
Luther G Presley 2008 1887 - 1974 Songwriter/Publisher/Teacher
Ray Dean Reese 2008 1939 - Singer; Owner & Manager of The Kingsmen 2001–Present
Neil Enloe 2009 1938 - Singer/Songwriter/Musician;

The Couriers

Ed Hill 2009 1935 - 2020 Singer; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Prophets Quartet (1958-1973); JD Sumner & the Stamps; Statesmen Quartet; Songfellows
Harold Lane 2009 1929 - 2011 Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Arranger/Producer;

Speer Family; Founding member of The Gospel Harmony Boys; Homeland Harmony Quartet

Don Light 2009 1937 - 2014 Industry Executive; Founder of Don Light Talent
Bill Lyles 2009 1920 - 1954 Singer; Blackwood Brothers Quartet
Elizabeth “Lady” Mull 2009 1926 - 2012 Radio & Television Personality; Concert Promoter
Billy Todd 2009 1929 - 2008 Singer; The Florida Boys; Dixie Echoes
Charlie Waller 2009 1948 - Concert Promoter/Singer/

Producer; The Florida Boys

2010s

Inductee Year Birth / Death Notes
Danny Gaither 2010 1938 - 2001 Singer; Bill Gaither Trio;

Golden Keys Quartet

Little Jan Buckner Goff 2010 1945 - Singer/Songwriter/Musician; Wendy Bagwell & the Sunliters
Sam Goodman 2010 1931 - 1991 Singer/Evangelist/Comedian;

Happy Goodman Family

Bill Hefner 2010 1930 - 2009 Singer/Concert Promoter/Comedian; Founding member/Owner/Manager of the Harvesters Quartet (1954-1967)
Connie Hopper 2010 1940 - Singer/Writer; The Hoppers
Arthur Smith 2010 1921 - 2014 Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Radio & Television Personality;

Arthur Smith & the Crossroads Quartet

Doris Akers 2011 1923 - 1995 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/

Musician; Simmons Akers Singers; Sallie Martin Singers; Soloist

Doyle Blackwood 2011 1911 - 1974 Singer/Musician; Founding member of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet (1934-1950); Homeland Harmony Quartet; Doyle Blackwood & the Memphians
Bob Brumley 2011 1937 - 2020 Concert Promoter/Publisher
Roy Carter 2011 1926 - 1998 Singer/Songwriter; Manager of the Chuck Wagon Gang (1955-1995)
Kenny Gates 2011 1930 - Musician/Singer/Songwriter;

Blue Ridge Quartet

Jerry Kirksey 2011 1940 - 2023 Founding editor of Singing News Magazine; Concert Promoter; Industry Executive
Opal “Mom” Lester 2011 1906 - 1999 Singer/Musician/Teacher/Concert Promoter/Television Personality;

The Lesters

Willie Wynn 2011 1937 - Singer; Oak Ridge Boys;

Willie Wynn & the Tennesseans;

Sweetwater

Charlie Burke 2012 1936 - 2011 Singer/Industry Executive;

Pine Ridge Boys; Owner & Manager of the Singing Americans (1980-1994)

Stuart Hamblen 2012 1908 - 1989 Singer/Songwriter; Radio & Television Personality; Actor
Jim Hill 2012 1930 - 2018 Singer/Songwriter;

Stamps Quartet;

Golden Keys Quartet;

Statesmen Quartet

Geraldine Morrison 2012 1935 - 2005 Singer; Wendy Bagwell & the Sunliters
Buck Rambo 2012 1931 - 2016 Singer/Publisher/Evangelist;

Manager of The Rambos

Ace Richman 2012 1916 - 1999 Singer; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Sunshine Boys (1939-1970)
John T Benson Jr. 2013 1904 - 1966 Publisher/Industry Executive; President & CEO of Benson Publishing Company; Founder of Heart Warming & Impact Records
Polly Lewis Copsey 2013 1937 - 2018 Singer; The Lewis Family
Thomas A Dorsey 2013 1899 - 1993 Singer/Songwriter/Evangelist
Little Roy Lewis 2013 1942 - Singer/Musician/Comedian;

The Lewis Family;

Little Roy & Lizzy

Duane Nicholson 2013 1936 - Singer; The Couriers
Tim Riley 2013 1945 - Singer; Owner/Manager of Gold City (1980-2005, 2010-2015); Dixie Echoes; Southmen
Colbert Croft 2014 1941 - 2014 Songwriter/Evangelist
Eddie Crook 2014 1941 - Musician/Songwriter/Producer/

Publisher; Happy Goodman Family; Sego Brothers & Naomi; Plainsmen; Tennesseans; Prophets Quartet; Southmen

Fannie Crosby 2014 1820 - 1915 Songwriter/Poet
Cat Freeman 2014 1922 - 1989 Singer/Teacher/Comedian; Statesmen Quartet;

Blackwood Brothers;

Oak Ridge Quartet; Jubilee Quartet

Paul Heil 2014 1947 - 2020 Radio Personality/Preacher; Founder/Host of The Gospel Greats radio show (1980-2020)
Claude Hopper 2014 1937 - Singer/Publisher/Industry Exec/

NQC Board of Directors

Warren Roberts 2014 1920 - 2011 Radio & Television Personality/ Concert Promoter
Faye Speer 2014 1928 - 2015 Singer; Speer Family
“Big” Lew Garrison 2015 1933 - 1994 Singer/Comedian;

Prophets Quartet

Ed Sprouse 2015 1923 - 2014 Singer; Blue Ridge Quartet
Peg McKamey Bean 2016 1946 - 2023 Singer; The McKameys
Lari Goss 2016 1945 - 2015 Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Producer; The Goss Brothers

Ronny Hinson 2016 1946 - Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Evangelist; Owner & Manager of The Hinsons (1967-1994); Soloist

Carroll McGruder 2016 1946 - 2015 Singer/Songwriter/Evangelist; Founder/Owner/Manager of The McGruders (1976-2010)
Troy Burns 2017 1952 - Singer/Musician; The Inspirations; Troy Burns Family
Tony Greene 2017 1968 - 2010 Singer/Musician/Concert Promoter/Comedian; The Greenes
LaBreeska Hemphill 2017 1940 - 2015 Singer; The Hemphills
Randy Shelnut 2017 1955 - Singer/Musician/Songwriter/

Producer; Owner/Manager of The Dixie Echoes (1983–present)

Ann Downing 2018 1945 - Singer/Songwriter/Speaker;

Speer Family; Founding member of The Downings (1969-1979); Soloist

Tracy Stuffle 2018 1966 - 2018 Singer; Manager of The Perrys (1995-2013)
Mark Trammell 2018 1959 - Singer/Songwriter/Musician; Cathedrals; Kingsmen; Gold City; Founding member of Greater Vision; Founder/Owner/Manager of Mark Trammell Quartet
Norman Wilson 2018 1944 - 2014 Singer/Musician; Primitive Quartet
Ruben Bean 2019 1941 - Singer; Owner/Manager of The McKameys (1957-2019)
Ernie Phillips 2019 1950 - 2018 Singer; The Kingsmen;

Squire Parsons & Redeemed; Land of the Sky Boys;

Landmark Quartet

Jackie Wilburn 2019 1937 - 2011 Singer/Evangelist; Founder/Owner/Manager of The Wilburns (1980-2005)
Gerald Wolfe 2019 1963 - Singer/Musician/Producer/Industry Executive; Cathedral Quartet;

Founder/Owner/Manager of Greater Vision (1990–present); NQC Board of Directors;

Gospel Music Hymn Sing Foundation

2020s

Inductee Year Birth / Death Notes
Meurice LeFevre 2020 1937 - 2019 Singer/Musician/Producer/Industry Executive; Founder of Sing Records & LeFevre-Sing Studios
Dottie Leonard Miller 2020 1945 - Industry Executive/Publisher; Founder of Daywind Records, Daywind Music Group, and New Day Christian Distributors
Melvin Klaudt 2020 1933 - Singer/Television Personality; Klaudt Indian Family; Founder of Klaudt Memorial Foundation
Dianne Wilkinson 2020 1944 - 2021 Songwriter
Jack Clark 2021 1934 - Musician/Songwriter/Publisher/ Producer/Teacher;

Homeland Harmony Quartet; Harvesters Quartet;

Landmark Quartet

Karen Peck Gooch 2021 1960 - Singer/Songwriter/Industry Executive; Founder/Owner/Manager of Karen Peck & New River (1991–present); Uncle Alf & the LeFevres;

The Nelons

Marlin Taylor 2021 1935 - Radio Personality; Founder of SiriusXM Enlighten
Aaron Wilburn 2021 1950 - 2020 Singer/Songwriter/Musician/

Comedian; Happy Goodman Family; Soloist

Rodney Griffin 2022 1966 - Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/

Musician; Greater Vision;

Dixie Melody Boys;

Second Half Quartet

Arthur Rice 2022 1962 - Singer/Producer/Musician;

Kingdom Heirs; Kingsmen;

Squire Parsons & Redeemed

Kyla Rowland 2022 1945 - 2022 Singer/Songwriter/Publisher/

Speaker; The Rowlands

Chris White 2022 Producer/Publisher/Industry Executive; Founder of Sonlite Records, Crossroads Entertainment, and Chris White Music
Sue Dodge 2023 1949 - Singer/Evangelist/Speaker/

Musician; Speer Family;

The Downings; Soloist

Danny Funderburk 2023 1954 - Singer; Cathedral Quartet;

Singing Americans;

Perfect Heart; Soloist

Norman Holland 2023 1959 - 2014 Producer/Industry Executive;

Riversong Records;

Chapel Records;

Daywind Records

Reagan Riddle 2023 1946 - Singer/Songwriter/Concert Promoter; Founding member/Owner/Manager of The Primitive Quartet (1973-2023)
Jeff Stice 2024 1960 - 2021 Musician;

Blackwood Brothers; Nelons; Perfect Heart; Kingdom Heirs; Triumphant Quartet; Soloist

Mike Holcomb 2024 1954 - Singer/Evangelist;

The Inspirations; The Old Time Preachers Quartet

Kelly Nelon Clark 2024 1959 - Singer;

Lefevres; Nelons

Herb Henry 2024 Singer/Promoter;
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James D. Vaughan Impact Award recipients


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