- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Hovie Lister and the Statesmen
- Date of Original:
- 1926/2001
- Subject:
- Musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Gospel music--Georgia--Atlanta
Gospel singers--Georgia--Atlanta
Musical groups--Georgia--Atlanta
Christians--Georgia--Atlanta
Singers--Georgia--Atlanta
Lister, Hovie, 1926-
Young, Doug, 1939-
Fair, Rick
Nelms, Wallace
Toney, Jack - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Statesmen were a renowned gospel group formed in 1948 by Hovie Lister. Over the years the lineup of the group changed many times. Pictured is the last configuration of the performers. Seated left to right, Jack Toney (lead), Hovie Lister (pianist), and Wallace Nelms (tenor); standing left to right, Doug Young (bass) and Rick Fair (baritone).
Photograph of the group The Statesmen, a renowned gospel group formed in 1948 by Hovie Lister. Over the years the lineup of the group changed many times. Pictured is the last configuration of the performers. Seated left to right, Jack Toney (lead), Hovie Lister (pianist), and Wallace Nelms (tenor); standing left to right, Doug Young (bass) and Rick Fair (baritone).
A southern gospel music pioneer who paved the way for contemporary Christian music, Hovie Lister lived much of his life in or near Atlanta, Georgia. He devoted more than fifty years of his life to gospel music as a pianist, vocalist, emcee, and music publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/hovie-lister-1926-2001/m-10691/
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/hovie-lister-1926-2001
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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