Kingsmen Quartet

The Kingsmen Quartet (better known as The Kingsmen) is an American Southern gospel vocal quartet.

Musical career and Awards

The Kingsmen are a Southern Gospel vocal quartet based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Many singers of Southern Gospel including Jim Hamill, Squire Parsons, Anthony Burger, Mark Trammell, and others have been members of The Kingsmen.
The group was most well known in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s for their live concert recordings and band.

GMA Dove Awards
* Album of the Year – ''Big and Live'' (1974)
* Album of the Year – ''Chattanooga Live'' (1978)
* Southern Gospel Album of the Year – ''From Out of the Past'' (1980)

Singing News Fan Awards
* Favorite Group (1980, 1985)
* Favorite Traditional Male Quartet (1981)
* Favorite Horizon Group (2002, as Carolina Boys)
* Favorite Lead: Jim Hamill (1974, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985)
* Favorite Male Singer: Jim Hamill (1981, 1984, 1985)
* Favorite Tenor: Johnny Parrack (1976), Ernie Phillips (1980, 1981)
* Favorite Bass: Ray Dean Reese (1979, 1985)
* Favorite Baritone: Wayne Maynard (1981), Parker Jonathan (1992, 1993)
* Favorite Band (1978, 1981 to 1984, 1986 to 1997)
* Favorite Musician: Anthony Burger (1980 to 1989)
* Favorite Musician (non-pianist): Tim Surrett (2004, 2005)
* Favorite Horizon Individual: Bryan Hutson (1997)
* Song of the Year: "Sweet Beulah Land" (1981), "Wish You Were Here" (1992)
* Album of the Year: ''Wish You Were Here'' (1992)

Other
* BMI Radio Airplay Award, “Oh Yes I Am” (2016)
* BMI Radio Airplay Award, “Battle Cry” (2017)
* Gospel Music Hall of Fame (Inducted in 2000)
* Christian Music Hall of Fame (inducted in 2007)
* Southern Gospel Hall of Fame
** Eldridge Fox, inducted in 1998
** Jim Hamill, inducted in 2004
** Anthony Burger, inducted in 2007
** Ray Dean Reese, inducted in 2008
** Squire Parsons, inducted in 2008
** Mark Trammell, inducted in 2018
** Ernie Phillips, inducted in 2019
** Arthur Rice, inducted in 2022

Line-ups

Discography

* 1956 ''Single: If Everybody Prays/This World’s Gonna Bow to the King of Kings''
* 1959 ''EP: House of Gold/Till I Found God/New Jerusalem/This is a Mean World''
* 1960 ''What Love''
* 1961 ''New Jerusalem''
* 1962 ''Closer to Thee''
* 1963 ''That Kingsmen Sound''
* 1964 ''From the Land of the Sky''
* 1965 ''A Visit with the Kingsmen''
* 1966 ''Carolina's Favorite Quartet''
* 1966 ''Songs and Spirituals''
* 1967 ''Sing Out!''
* 1968 ''Kingsmen Kountry''
* 1968 ''Daddy Sang Bass''
* 1968 ''Crown Him King''
* 1969 ''Try a Little Kindness''
* 1969 ''Standing Room Only''
* 1970 ''The Kingsmen''
* 1971 ''Then and Now''
* 1971 ''Suddenly There's a Valley''
* 1971 ''America's Favorite Hymns''
* 1971 ''Presented by Colonial Mobile Homes''
* 1972 ''May Day''
* 1972 ''Turn Your Radio On''
* 1972 ''It's Time to Ring the Bell''
* 1972 ''Johnny Parrack Out Front''
* 1972 ''Hymn Time in the Country''
* 1973 ''High and Low: Johnny Parrack and Ray Dean Reese''
* 1973 ''Sing a Lot of Gospel''
* 1973 ''Reverend Everett Beverly and Anna Laura''
* 1973 ''Just Plain Singin
* 1973 ''Just As the Sun Went Down (same album as above)''
* 1973 ''Big and Live''
* 1974 ''1686 lbs. of Gospel''
* 1975 ''Jubiliation''
* 1975 ''The Old and the New: Jim Hamill and Squire Parsons''
* 1975 ''24 Carat Gospel''
* 1976 ''It Made News In Heaven''
* 1976 ''Just In Time''
* 1976 ''Golden Gospel''
* 1977 ''Just a Little Closer Home''
* 1977 ''Chattanooga Live''
* 1978 ''The Upper Window''
* 1979 ''From Out of the Past''
* 1980 ''Ring the Bells of Freedom''
* 1981 ''Live...Naturally''
* 1982 ''Your Ride Is on the Way''
* 1982 ''With Grady Nutt''
* 1983 ''Live from the University of Alabama''
* 1984 ''Kingsmen Silver'' (compilation album with two original featuring Garry Sheppard)
* 1984 ''The Game of Life''
* 1985 ''Better in Person''
* 1986 ''Stand Up at Opryland USA''
* 1987 ''Mississippi Live''
* 1988 ''Anchors Aweigh''
* 1989 ''The Judgement''
* 1990 ''Live in Dayton''
* 1991 ''Wish You Were Here''
* 1992 ''Singin' in the Sun Live''
* 1992 ''Walking with Jesus''
* 1992 ''Singing News Hits''
* 1992 ''Living by Faith''
* 1993 ''Kingsmen Band''
* 1993 ''27 Great Gospel Songs''
* 1993 ''New Life''
* 1994 ''Ridin' High''
* 1994 ''Live from the Alabama Theatre''
* 1994 ''A Kingsmen Christmas''
* 1994 ''30 Great Gospel Songs''
* 1995 ''Georgia Live''
* 1996 ''40th Anniversary Reunion: Perfecting the Crown''
* 1996 ''Beyond the Clouds''
* 1997 ''You're Not Alone''
* 1997 ''Kingsmen Klassics''
* 1998 ''The Old Time Way''
* 1998 ''Kingsmen Klassics 2''
* 1999 ''Southern Standards''
* 1999 ''Shelter''
* 1999 ''Not Quite as Big, But Just as Live''
* 2000 ''Proven Time and Again''
* 2001 ''I Will''
* 2001 ''Honoring the Heritage 1'' (as Carolina Boys)
* 2002 ''Good News!'' (as Carolina Boys)
* 2003 ''Ready'' (as Carolina Boys)
* 2004 ''Born Again''
* 2005 ''My Past Is Past''
* 2006 ''Good, Good God''
* 2007 ''I'll Not Turn Back-Live''
* 2007 ''Honoring the Heritage 2'' - Live
* 2008 ''When God Ran''
* 2009 ''Missing People''
* 2010 ''Honoring the Heritage 3''
* 2010 ''Live Performances from the National Quartet Convention''
* 2011 ''Grace Says''
* 2012 ''Once Again''
* 2013 ''Front Row Live''
* 2014 ''Battle Cry''
* 2017 ''They Don't Know''
* 2019 ''Victory Shout''
* 2020 ''40th Anniversary Reunion: Live, Extended, Remixed, Remastered''
* 2021 ''More to the Story ''
* 2022 ''‘Tis the Reason ''

External links and references

The Official Kingsmen Quartet web site

Southern Gospel Music history: Kingsmen Quartet

References

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Musical groups established in 1956
American Christian musical groups
Musical groups from Asheville, North Carolina
Southern gospel performers
Crossroads Music
American gospel musical groups
Vocal quartets
Gospel quartets
1956 establishments in North Carolina