The Kingsmen Quartet

US Gospel musical quartet The Kingsmen Quartet (better known as The Kingsmen) is an American Southern gospel vocal quartet based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Musical career Many singers of Southern Gospel including Jim Hamill, Squire Parsons, Anthony Burger, Mark Trammell, Tim Surrett, and others have been members of The Kingsmen. Compared to the more polished and choreographed quartets before them, The Kingsmen emphasized exuberant gospel energy, especially beginning in the 1970s. They have had over 75 Top Ten radio hits, more than any other southern gospel music artist, and twenty have gone to the #1 spot, more than any male quartet in history. 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 Sudden