American gospel musician, singer, songwriter, Baptist Minister and politician.
Founder and leader of The Statesmen Quartet.
Inducted into the Southern Gospel Hall of Fame in 1997.
Born September 17, 1926 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Died December 28, 2001 in Tucker, Georgia, USA
ALBUMS
Hovie Lister And The Grand Ole Gospel Reunion Quartet
If We Never Meet Again
2002, CD, Album, BRG Music
The Statesmen* With Hovie Lister
Gospel Classics
1998, CD, 
,
, Gospel
Hovie Lister And The Statesmen*
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen
1997
Hovie Lister, The Statesmen Quartet
How Great Thou Art
1987, Cass, Comp, Sun (9)
Hovie Lister
The Masters V Present Their Sensational Pianist & Emcee Hovie Lister From The Soul
1985
Hovie Lister, The Statesmen Quartet
He Touched Me
1983, LP, Skylite
Hovie Lister And The Statesmen*
Live At The Joyful Noise
1982
Hovie Lister, The Statesmen Quartet
He Is Here
1980
Hovie Lister And The Sensational Statesmen*
Hovie Lister And The Sensational Statesmen
1979, LP, Album, Skylite
Hovie Lister And The Statesmen*
Hovie Lister And The Statesmen Sing Gospel Songs Elvis Loved
1977, LP, Album, Artco
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen*
Get Away Jordan
1977, LP, Skylight Records
Hovie Lister
I'm Gonna Keep On
1975
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen*
I Believe In Jesus
1973
Hovie Lister And The Statesmen*
Keep On Smiling!
1972, LP, Skylite
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen*
They That Sow
1972, LP, Album, Skylite
Hovie Lister And The Statesmen*
Put Your Hand In The Hand
1971, LP, Album, Skylite
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
No Greater Love
1970, LP, RCA Camden
Stamps Quartet School Of Music, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, Hovie Lister, James Blackwood, Cecil Blackwood
Youth Sings 1970
1970, LP, BMC Records (3)
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen*
The Common Man
1970
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen Quartet With The Skylite Strings
Thanks To Calvary
1969, LP, Album, Skylite
Hovie Lister And The The Statesmen Quartet
New Sounds Today
1969
Hovie Lister And The Statesmen*
God Loves American People
1968, LP, Album, Skylite
Tony Fontane And The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Standing On The Promises
1968, LP, RCA Victor
Hovie Lister
An Inspiring Sermon Recorded At The National Quartet Convention 1965
1967, LP, Canaan Records
Hovie Lister
An Inspiring Sermon Recorded At The National Quartet Convention 1966
1967, LP, Canaan Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
In Gospel Country
1967
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Showers Of Blessing
1967
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Sings The Gospel Gems
1966
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
The Happy Sound Of The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
1966
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
All Day Sing And Dinner On The Ground
1965
The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
Golden Gospel Songs
1965
Hovie Lister
An Inspiring Sermon Recorded At The National Quartet Convention 1963
1964, LP, Mono, Blackwood Statesmen Enterprises
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Spotlights Doy Ott
1964
The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
Songs Of Faith
1964
Hovie Lister Sings With His Famous Statesmen Quartet*
Hovie Lister Sings With His Famous Statesmen Quartet
1964
Doris Akers And The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Sing For You
1964
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Message In The Sky
1963, LP, Album, Mono, RCA Camden
The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
The Mystery Of His Way
1963
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
A Gospel Concert
1963
The Statesmen* With Hovie Lister
Stop, Look And Listen For The Lord
1962, LP, Album, Mono, RCA Camden
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Camp - Meeting Hymns
1962
James Blackwood, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, Hovie Lister, The Statesmen Quartet
A Musical Merry Christmas
1962
The Statesmen* And Hovie Lister
Through The States
1961
The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
The Statesmen Out West With Hovie Lister
1961
Statesmen Quartet* With Hovie Lister
Statesmen Encores
1960, LP, Skylite
The Statesmen* With Hovie Lister
To Me It's So Wonderful / I Found The Answer
1960, 7", RCA Victor
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Peace O Lord
1960
The Statesmen* With Hovie Lister Accompanied By The Anita Kerr Singers
Mansion Over The Hilltop
1960
Don Butler With Statesmen Quartet* And Hovie Lister
I Don't Mind / What A Day
1959, 7", Single, Skylite
The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
He Sets Me Free / He's Already Done
1959, 7", Single, RCA Victor
Statesmen Quartet* With Hovie Lister
Get Away Jordan
1959
The Statesmen* With Hovie Lister
I'll Meet You By The River
1959
The Statesmen* With Hovie Lister
Light Of Love
1959
The Statesmen Quartet Sings With Hovie Lister
The Statesmen Quartet Sings With Hovie Lister
1958, LP, Album, Mon, RCA Victor
Statesmen Quartet* With Hovie Lister
The Bible Told Me So
1958, LP, Mono, RCA
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Mansions Can't Be Bought / God Is God
1957, 7", Single, RCA Victor
Statesmen Quartet* With Hovie Lister
Till The Last Leaf Shall Fall / Every Hour And Every Day
1957, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
No One But Jesus Knows / Your First Day In Heaven
1956, 7", Single, Mono, RCA Victor
The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
Headin' Home/Poor Old Adam
1955, 7", Single, Mono, RCA Victor
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
A Man Called Peter / (There's A Time To Reap) The Bible Told Me So
1955
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Bound For The Kingdom / On Revival Day
1952, Shellac, 10", Capitol Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Peace in the Valley / Sho' Do Need Him Now
1951, Shellac, Capitol Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Hide Me, Rock Of Ages / Heaven's Joy Awaits
1951, 10", Capitol Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Santa Claus Song / White Christmas
1949, Shellac, 10", Capitol Records
Statesmen Quartet*, Hovie Lister
Statesmen Encores
7", EP, Skylite
Hovie Lister
Hovie Lister's Sermon (1969 National Quartet Convention)
LP, Blackwood Statesmen Enterprises
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Lord I Want To Go To Heaven / Everytime I Pray
Shellac, 10", Statesmen Records
The Statesmen Quartet, "Big Chief" Jim Wetherington, Hovie Lister
In The Sweet Forever / An Old Log Cabin For Sale
Shellac, 10", Statesmen Records
The Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister
O, My Lord What A Time / When You Travel All Alone
Shellac, 10", Statesmen Records
Statesmen* with Hovie Lister
Jubilee's A Comin' / Listen To The Word Of The Lord
Shellac, 10", Statesmen Records
Statesmen Quartet* With Hovie Lister
Nothing Can Compare / Sin Ain't Nothing But The Blues
7", Single, Statesmen Records
Statesmen Quartet* With Hovie Lister
Love Never Fails
7", Single, RCA Victor
Statesmen Quartet* With Hovie Lister
Up Above My Head / Oh What A Friend He Is To Me
7", RCA Victor
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister
Crying In The Chapel / Somebody Bigger
7", Single, Statesmen Records
George Beverly Shea, The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
Open Up Your Heart / Mercy, Lord
Shellac, 10", RCA Victor
The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister
I'm Climbing Higher And Higher (And I Won't Come Down) / My Brother's Keeper
Shellac, 10", Single, Gospel (6)
Hovie Lister
Thanks To Calvary
LP, Album, Skylite
The Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister
Hymns By The Statesmen
The Masters V
Have A Little Faith
1986, Vinyl, ,
, Gospel
The Masters V
O, What A Savior
1982
The Masters V
The Masters V
1981
The Statesmen Quartet
Some Glad Day / Where No One Stands Alone
1955, Shellac, 10", Statesmen Records
The Statesmen Quartet
Taller Than Trees
1955
The Statesmen Quartet
One Of These Mornings / When You Travel All Alone
1953, Shellac, 10", Promo, Capitol Records
The Statesmen Quartet
Standing Outside / I'm Gonna Take A Ride
Shellac, 10", Capitol Records
The Statesmen Quartet
Down Old Log Cabin Lane / All Alone
7", Statesmen Records
The Statesmen Quartet
White Christmas / Silent Night
7", Statesmen Records
APPEARANCES +
Bill & Gloria Gaither With Their Homecoming Friends
Hymns
2005, CD, Album, Enh, Spring House Music Group, Spring House Music Group
Bill & Gloria Gaither With Their Homecoming Friends
Hymns
2005, DVD, Multichannel, NTSC, Spring House Music Group, Spring House Music Group
Bill & Gloria Gaither And Their Homecoming Friends*
Harmony In The Heartland
2000, CD, Album, Spring House Music Group, Spring House Music Group
Bill & Gloria Gaither And Their Homecoming Friends*
Harmony In The Heartland
2000, VHS, Album, PAL, Spring House Music Group
Lorenzo Antonio Sanchez
Lorenzo Antonio Sanchez
1979, LP, Album, Hurricane (3)
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen*
Oh What A Savior
1978, LP, Skylite, Sing (2)
Unknown Artist
Gospel Country
1977, LP, Comp, Tempo (4)
The Eastwood Baptist Church Choir
Jesus We Just Want To Thank You
1976, LP, Songs Of Sharon
The Ambassadors
Joy In The Morning
1976, LP, Album, Skylite
LBC Chorale*
When I Say Jesus
1975, LP, Album, Dynamic
Sunny South Quartet*
On The Glory Road With Family And Friends
1974
The Witnesses
Sing "I Believe In Jesus" Featuring "Why Me"
1973, LP, Witness Records (2), ,
, Gospel/Religious
The Gentry
Debut
1972, LP, Album, Gentry (2), ,
, Gospel
Rick And Debbi Sloan
This Is The Time
1969, LP, Album, Majestic (4)
Buck Morton With The Westerners
Be With Me Lord
1968, LP, Album, Mission Records (5)
Dwayne Friend
Dwayne Friend Picks Happy Goodman Hits
1967
The Oak Ridge Boys
Songs We Wished We'd Recorded First
1966
The Terrific Tennesseans
Golden Favorites
1963, LP, Album, Heart Warming Records
The Commanders Quartet
Tonight The Commanders Quartet
1963, LP, Album, Sacred Knof Recordings
Francis Larocque
I Will Pilot Thee
1962, LP, Album, Angelina Records (2)
The LeFevres Featuring Pierce LeFevre
The LeFevres Featuring Pierce LeFevre
1962
Blackwood Brothers Quartet*
The Pearly White City
1961
The Speer Family
All-Night Singing
1961
Hovie Lister & The Statesmen Quartet*
Something To Shout About
1960, LP, Capitol Records, ,
, Gospel
The Statesmen Quartet And The Blackwood Brothers*
Statesmen - Blackwood Favorites
1960
The Statesmen* And The Chuck Wagon Gang*
The Statesmen And The Chuck Wagon Gang
1959
The Harvesters*
The Touch Of His Hand
1956, 7", Single, Promo, Hig, Columbia
Jack Vibbert
Outreach ("Go Ye, To All The World")
LP, Album, Crusade Enterprises, Crusade Enterprises
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister*
In My Father's House (Are Many Mansions) / I Just Can't Make It By Myself
7", Single, Statesmen Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister*
I Believe In the Man In The Sky / Jesus Knows What I Need
7", Single, Statesmen Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister*
I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs / Twilight Shadows Are Falling
7", Single, Statesmen Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister*
My God Is Real / I'll Meet You By The River
7", Single, Statesmen Records
Red Florence
Gospel Music Man
LP, Album, Kingdom Kraft
The Sojourners
Volume VI
LP, Album, Rexius Records
The Gospel Four
One Step At A Time
LP, Album, ACA (2), ACA (2)
Dolly Eleiott
Jesus Cares
LP, Album, Tempo (4)
Ellis Family
Goodbye World Goodbye
LP, Album, Sword & Shield Records (2)
Evang. Ruth E. Reece
"Jesus" As Sung By Evang. Ruth E. Reece
LP, Album, Reece Records
The Statesmen Quartet With Hovie Lister*
In My Father's House (Are Many Mansions) / I Just Can't Make It By Myself
Shellac, 10", Statesmen Records
Rev. Grace Marr Of The The Gospel Sounds
The Master's Call
LP, Crusade Enterprises
Various
Saturday Night At The Old Barn Dance
George Beverly Shea
Evening Prayer
Howie Lister And The Statesmen*
New Sounds Today
Various
Hillbillies In Hell - Country Music’s Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
2018, CD, Comp, RE, RM, The Omni Recording Corporation
Various
Southern Gospel
2014, CD, Comp, Sonoma Entertainment
Various
Gospel Favorites
2008, CD, Comp, TGG Direct, ,
, Country/Gospel
Various
Country Gospel Greats
2007, CD, Comp, Bayberry Entertainment
Various
Best Of Southern Gospel
2007, 3xCD, Comp, Madacy
Various
Honoring Our Hall Of Fame Legends Vol. One
2005, CD, Comp, Southern Gospel Music Association, ,
, Gospel/Soul/Vocal
Bill & Gloria Gaither With Their Homecoming Friends
Journey To The Sky
2004, DVD-V, Album, Spring House Music Group
Bill & Gloria Gaither With Their Homecoming Friends
Journey To The Sky
2004
Bill & Gloria Gaither With Their Homecoming Friends
Rocky Mountain Homecoming
2003, CD, Album, Spring House Music Group, ,
, Gospel
Various
Southern Gospel Classics
2003
Various
Songs Of Inspiration
2002, 3xCD, Comp, BMG Special Products,
Various
The Founding Fathers, Spread His Word
2000, Cass, Comp, Southern Classics
Various
Gospel Spirituals
1998, 2xCD, Comp, MasterTone, 
,
, Gospel
Various
The Sun Sound Gospel Greats
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Sun Entertainment Corporation
Various
Gospel Greats Cassette 2
1994, Cass, Album, Sun (9)
Various
Treasury Of Country Inspirational Favorites
1994, 4x Cassette Dolby, ,
, Country/Gospel/Hillbilly/Bluegrass
Various
Front Row
1986, LP, Comp, Passage Records (8)
Various
Command Performance - A Tribute To Lee Roy Abernathy
1983, LP, Comp, Heart Warming Records
Various
Gospel Music Hall Of Fame Library
1978, 5xLP, Comp, Big Gospel Records, Big Gospel Records, Big Gospel Records, Big Gospel Records, Big Gospel Records, ,
, Gospel/Religious
Various
That Great Gospel Feelng
1977, 6xLP, Comp + Box, Capitol Records, ,
, Gospel
Various
The Golden Gospel Collection
1976, LP, Comp, RCA Special Products, Homestead Records (3)
Various
That Old-Time Religion
1975, 8x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
, Music Hall/Country/Gospel/Religious/Contemporary
The Statesmen Quartet, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet
Statesmen - Blackwood Favorites
1975
Various
Let's Make A Joyful Noise The Great Gospel Quartets
1974, LP, Comp, RCA
The Statesmen*
Featuring...
1970
Various
Library Of Sacred Music
1970
Various
Capitol's Country Faith
1969, LP, Comp, Club, Capitol Records, Capitol Records
Various
Feb. '67 Pop Sampler
1967, LP, Promo, Smplr, RCA Victor
Various
The Gospel Song Styles Of 12 Great Artists
1967, LP, Comp, RCA Victor
Various
A Gospel Jubilee
1964
Various
The National Gospel Quartet Convention
1963
Stuart Hamblen And His Family / Statesmen Quartet*
Beyond The Sun / Brand New Star
1956, 7", EP, Promo, RCA Victor
Various
Lord, I'm Coming Home Volume One
LP, Comp, Club, Longines Symphonette Society
Various
Best Loved Sacred Songs Volume Two
LP, Comp, RCA Victor, ,
, Country/Gospel
Various
Award Winning Gospel
LP, Comp, Gospel World Records, Inc., ,
, Gospel
Various
Wally Fowler All-Night Singing, Georgia Style - This Ole House
LP, Album, White Dove Records (4), White Dove Records (4), ,
, Gospel
Wally Fowler
All-Nite Singing Nashville Style - How Great Thou Art
LP, Comp, Ltd, White Dove Records (4)
Various
Music Café Volume 64
CD, Comp, Promo, Capitol Enterprises
Various
Gospel Harvest
LP, Gospel World Records, Inc.
Various
Gospel Hits Vol. 1
8-Trk, Comp, D Stereo 8
Various
Gospel Music Hall Of Fame
Vinyl, ,
, Gospel/Religious
