Hovie Lister | |
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| Birth name | Hovie Franklin Lister |
| Born | September 17, 1926 Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
| Died | December 28, 2001 (aged 75) |
| Genres | Southern gospel |
| Instrument | piano |
Hovie Franklin Lister (September 17, 1926 – December 28, 2001) was an American gospel musician, Baptist Minister, and politician. Lister was best known for his time as the front man of the Statesmen Quartet, perhaps the most well known and renowned Southern Gospel quartet in the decades of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as one of the most respected groups of all time.