Palmetto State Quartet


The Palmetto State Quartet was a professional Southern Gospel quartet that originated in Greenville, South Carolina, in the mid-1940s. In 1988 they received at a Singing News Fan Awards ceremony the Marvin Norcross Award for contributions to Southern Gospel over their career. Their song "Knock, Knock, Knock" was dubbed "number one radio single" by Singing News magazine in 2004.

Personnel History

TENOR
Leon Sutherland
Clarence Owens
Claude Hunter
Jerry Hovis
Claude Hunter
Eddie Broome
Brion Carter
John Rulapaugh
Wesley Smith )
Jeremy Calloway
Robert Fulton
Jeremy Easley
LEAD
Woodrow Pittman
Jack Pittman
Jack Bagwell
Harold Schronce
Jack Bagwell
Kerry Beatty
Paul Lancaster
David Staton
BARITONE
Malone Thomason
Jack Bagwell
Jack Pittman
Laverne Tripp
Jerome Bush
Milton Sigmon
Jack Pittman
Tony Peace
Rick Fair
Brian Beatty
David Darst
David Staton
DaRon Maughon
BASS
Paul Burroughs
Ellison Jenkins
Ken Turner
Joe Divine
Chuck Bright
Cliff King
Jerry Trotter
Joel Duncan
Harold Gilley
Jeff Pearles
Jason Brooks
Aaron McCune
Burman Porter
Larry Strickland
Mike Allen
PIANO
Milton Bishop
Jamie Dill
Charles Abee
Carroll Melvin
Jamie Dill
David McAbee
Hovie Lister
Woody Beatty
Jerry Kelso
Andrew Ishee
Bryan Elliott
KC Martin
Mark Carman
Mark Willett
KC Martin
VARIOUS
Charles Waller
Eddie Broome
Louie Sprouse
J.J. Jennings
Woody Beatty
Michael W. Carman