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Also known as | Carolina Boys (2001–04) |
Origin | Asheville, North Carolina |
Genres | Southern gospel |
Years active | 1956–present |
Labels | Stars Records Piedmont Records Skylite Records Mark V Records QCA Records Chime Records Kingsmen Colonial Records Heavy Weight Records Supreme Records Canaan Records Heart Warming Records Riversong Records Horizon Records |
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Past members | see Lineups section below |
Website | kingsmenquartet |
The Kingsmen Quartet (better known as The Kingsmen) is an American Southern gospel vocal quartet.
The Kingsmen are a Southern Gospel vocal quartet based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Many singers of Southern Gospel including Jim Hamill, [1] Squire Parsons, [2] Anthony Burger, [3] 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.
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1956–1957 (Under the Name "The Kingsmen Quartet") | first half 1957 | last half 1957 |
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1957-1958 | early-mid 1959 | late 1959 |
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1960-1964 | 1964-1965 | 1965-1966 |
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1966 | 1967 | Late 1967-mid 1968 |
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1968-1969 | 1970 | early 1971 |
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Spring-Summer 1971 | Summer-late 1971 | late 1971-1973 |
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1973–1975 | 1975–1976 | 1976–1977 |
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1977–1978 | 1978–1979 | 1979 |
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1979–1980 | 1980–1983 | 1983–1984 |
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1984–1988 | 1988–1989 | 1989–1993 |
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1993–1995 | 1995–1996 | 1996–1997 |
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1997–1998 | 1998–2001 | 2001–2002 (Under the Name "Carolina Boys") |
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2002–2003 | 2003–2004 | 2004–2005 (Under the Name "The Kingsmen") |
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2005–2007 | 2007–2008 | 2008–2009 |
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2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 |
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2012–2016 | 2016 | 2016–2017 |
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2017–2018 | 2018-2022 | November 2022-December 2023 |
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