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".
Canaan Records is a Christian record label and is a subsidiary of Word Entertainment.
Benson Records was founded by Bob Benson and John T. Benson, beginning as the John T. Benson Music Publishing Company in 1902. The record label started out as Heart Warming Records and would come to house labels such as Impact Records, Greentree Records, RiverSong, StarSong and Home Sweet Home. In the 1970s Impact became the top label with artists such as Sandi Patty, The Imperials, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps Quartet, The Rambos, Dottie Rambo, The Archers, The Bill Gaither Trio, and the Speer Family. Heart Warming Records became The Benson Co.
The Cathedral Quartet, also known as the Cathedrals, was an American southern gospel quartet who performed from 1964 to December 1999. The group's final lineup consisted of Glen Payne (lead), George Younce (bass), Ernie Haase (tenor), Scott Fowler, and Roger Bennett.
Gaither Homecoming is the name applied to a series of videos, music recordings and concerts, which are organized, promoted and usually presented by Christian music songwriter and impresario Bill Gaither. To date, the Gaither Homecoming title is applied to more than 60 videos, dozens of music recordings, and an annual concert tour that drew more than half a million fans in 2004.
Legacy Five is a southern gospel quartet founded by former Cathedral Quartet members Roger Bennett and Scott Fowler after the owners of the Cathedral Quartet, Glen Payne and George Younce, decided to retire in 1999. Group members attribute their success to the changing face of gospel music and their willingness to adapt to it.
Scott Fowler is the former baritone vocalist for the classic Cathedral Quartet from 1991 through 1999 when the quartet disbanded. After the retirement of the Cathedrals, he co-founded Legacy Five along with former Cathedral pianist Roger Bennett. Fowler sings lead for the group. He has also performed with groups such as The Messengers Quartet and The Sound.
Mark Trammell is an American Southern gospel singer.
Greater Vision is an American Southern gospel music trio founded in 1990. It is one of Southern gospel's most popular trios and have been noted for their prolonged commercial and musicals success spanning over two decades. As of 2017, the group is made up of Gerald Wolfe, Rodney Griffin, Chris Allman and Jon Epley. Over the last several years, this trio has consistently been named Southern gospel's top male trio, winning The Singing News Awards, Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and have placed numerous top songs on the Southern Gospel Charts and Radio.
Rodney Griffin is a Southern gospel singer and songwriter currently performing with Greater Vision. Griffin has been named favorite songwriter in the Singing News Fan Awards every year from 1998 to 2016. He was also named Favorite Baritone in 2006. Many of his songs, including My Name is Lazarus (1999), Just One More Soul (2000), Just Ask (2003), Faces (2005), and Preacher Tell Me Like It Is (2014) have won Favorite Song.
The Favorite Tenor award is awarded in the yearly Singing News Fan Awards ceremony to the fans' favorite Southern gospel tenor over the previous year.
The Favorite Young Artist award was established in the 1988 Singing News Fan Awards to award young talent in the Southern gospel genre.
The Singing News Favorite Group award is awarded in the yearly Singing News Fan Awards ceremony held at the National Quartet Convention every September. It is awarded to the Southern gospel group which readers of the Singing News Magazine judge to be the best group on the road.
The Singing News Favorite Album award is awarded in the yearly Singing News Fan Awards ceremony held at the National Quartet Convention every September. It is awarded to the Southern gospel group which readers of the Singing News Magazine judge to be the best release that year.
The Song of the Year award is awarded yearly in the Singing News Fan Awards ceremony to honor the Southern gospel song Singing News magazine readers select as their favorite that year.
The Favorite Lead Singer award is awarded yearly in the Singing News Fan Awards ceremony to honor the male Southern gospel singer Singing News magazine readers select as their favorite lead singer for a quartet or trio vocal ensemble.
The Horizon Individual award is awarded yearly in the Singing News Fan Awards ceremony to honor the individual new on the Southern gospel scene that Singing News magazine readers select as their favorite that year.
The Marvin Norcross Award is awarded yearly in the Singing News Fan Awards ceremony to honor an individual selected by the staff of the Singing News magazine who has made distinct contributions to Southern gospel music over his or her career.
The Kingsmen Quartet is an American Christian music group.
Mark Trammell Quartet, previously Mark Trammell Trio, is a Southern gospel quartet, founded by Mark Trammell, who formerly sang with The Kingsmen, Gold City Quartet, The Cathedrals, and Greater Vision.
