Singing News Fan Awards for Favorite Tenor
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The Favorite Tenor award is awarded in the yearly Singing News Fan Awards
ceremony to the fans' favorite tenor over the previous year.
ballot cycle, for the 1971 Fan Awards. It was originally entitled "Favorite First Tenor." This was to differentiate it from "Favorite Second Tenor," the second highest part in male quartet harmony. Over time, as usage changed for the second tenor to be referred to as the group's lead singer, the group's first tenor came to be called the "tenor." This change was reflected in the 1991 Fan Awards, when the award was renamed "Favorite Tenor." Though the award has been called the "Favorite First Tenor" in several years since, it has generally been called the Favorite Tenor award since 1991.
Singing News Fan Awards
The Singing News Fan Awards is an annual award ceremony held on the Saturday night program of the National Quartet Convention and honors the achievements of professional Southern Gospel artists, songwriters and DJ's.-Award Selection:...
ceremony to the fans' favorite tenor over the previous year.
History
The award was instituted in the second Singing News Fan AwardsSinging News Fan Awards
The Singing News Fan Awards is an annual award ceremony held on the Saturday night program of the National Quartet Convention and honors the achievements of professional Southern Gospel artists, songwriters and DJ's.-Award Selection:...
ballot cycle, for the 1971 Fan Awards. It was originally entitled "Favorite First Tenor." This was to differentiate it from "Favorite Second Tenor," the second highest part in male quartet harmony. Over time, as usage changed for the second tenor to be referred to as the group's lead singer, the group's first tenor came to be called the "tenor." This change was reflected in the 1991 Fan Awards, when the award was renamed "Favorite Tenor." Though the award has been called the "Favorite First Tenor" in several years since, it has generally been called the Favorite Tenor award since 1991.
Honorees
- 1971: Tommy Atwood (Florida BoysFlorida BoysThe Florida Boys Quartet is a Southern Gospel vocal quartet founded in about 1946 by J. G. Whitfield. Originally named The Gospel Melody Quartet, the group was re-named in 1954.- History :...
) - 1972: Archie Watkins (The InspirationsThe InspirationsThe Inspirations are a professional Southern gospel quartet from Bryson City, North Carolina.-Career:The quartet began in 1964 when Martin Cook, a teacher at Swain County High School, invited several young men to his home for evenings of singing. Later they began traveling around the area and...
) - 1973: Archie Watkins (The Inspirations)
- 1974: Johnny Cook (The Happy Goodman FamilyThe Happy Goodman FamilyThe Happy Goodman Family was a Southern Gospel group founded in the 1940s by Howard "Happy" Goodman.The Happy Goodman Family began to be known for their singing around 1950. During the 1940s and 1950s there were various combinations of all eight brothers and sisters, with Howard being constant...
) - 1975: Johnny Cook (The Happy Goodman Family)
- 1976: Johnny Parrack (Kingsmen QuartetKingsmen QuartetThe Kingsmen Quartet is an American Christian music group.-Musical career:The Kingsmen are a Southern Gospel vocal quartet based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Many legends of Southern Gospel have been members of The Kingsmen...
) - 1977: Pat Hoffmaster (The Blackwood BrothersThe Blackwood BrothersThe Blackwood Brothers Quartet are an eight-time Grammy award-winning American Southern Gospel group. They have been around for 76 years, and were pioneers in the Christian music industry.-Musical career:...
) - 1978: Jerry Trammell (Florida BoysFlorida BoysThe Florida Boys Quartet is a Southern Gospel vocal quartet founded in about 1946 by J. G. Whitfield. Originally named The Gospel Melody Quartet, the group was re-named in 1954.- History :...
) - 1979: Archie Watkins (The Inspirations)
- 1980: Ernie Phillips (Kingsmen QuartetKingsmen QuartetThe Kingsmen Quartet is an American Christian music group.-Musical career:The Kingsmen are a Southern Gospel vocal quartet based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Many legends of Southern Gospel have been members of The Kingsmen...
) - 1981: Ernie Phillips (Kingsmen Quartet)
- 1982: Archie Watkins (The Inspirations)
- 1983: Kirk TalleyKirk TalleyKirk Talley , is an American Southern Gospel performer/songwriter.-Early career:Born in Johnson City, TN, Talley began performing Southern Gospel Music in 1972. He was a member of the groups "The Hoppers", The Cathedrals and the Talleys. He joined the Cathedrals in 1979 and with the lineup of...
(Cathedral QuartetCathedral QuartetThe Cathedral Quartet, often known as simply The Cathedrals, was an American southern gospel quartet that lasted from 1964 until their retirement in 1999....
) - 1984: Kirk Talley (Cathedral Quartet)
- 1985: Danny Funderburk (Cathedral QuartetCathedral QuartetThe Cathedral Quartet, often known as simply The Cathedrals, was an American southern gospel quartet that lasted from 1964 until their retirement in 1999....
) - 1986: Danny Funderburk (Cathedral Quartet)
- 1987: Danny Funderburk (Cathedral Quartet)
- 1988: Brian Free (Gold CityGold CityGold City is an American Christian music group that is based in Gadsden, Alabama.-Early years:The Mississippi-based Christianairs were renamed Gold City in Dahlonega, Georgia at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to begin the year 1980 with bass Dallas Gilliland, tenor Bob Oliver, lead singer...
) - 1989: Brian Free (Gold City)
- 1990: Brian Free (Gold City)
- 1991: Brian Free (Gold City)
- 1992: Brian Free (Gold City)
- 1993: Brian Free (Gold City)
- 1994: Ernie HaaseErnie HaaseErnie Haase started singing as a young boy at Washington Ave. Baptist Church. He is a Christian tenor vocalist known for being the founder of Ernie Haase and Signature Sound...
(Cathedral Quartet) - 1995: Ernie Haase (Cathedral Quartet)
- 1996: Ernie Haase (Cathedral Quartet)
- 1997: Ernie Haase (Cathedral Quartet)
- 1998: Brian Free (Brian Free and AssuranceBrian Free and AssuranceBrian Free & Assurance is a Southern gospel and CCM group.Brian Free formed his own group in 1993 after performing with the Gold City Quartet from 1982-1993...
) - 1999: Ernie Haase (Cathedral Quartet)
- 2000: Jay Parrack (Gold City)
- 2001: Jay Parrack (Gold City)
- 2002: Brian Free (Brian Free and Assurance)
- 2003: Ernie Haase (Ernie Haase & Signature SoundErnie Haase & Signature SoundErnie Haase & Signature Sound is a Southern Gospel vocal quartet founded in 2002 by Ernie Haase, former Cathedral Quartet tenor, and Garry Jones, former Gold City pianist.-Musical career:...
) - 2004: Jason Waldroup (Greater VisionGreater VisionGreater Vision is a Southern Gospel trio founded in 1990 by Gerald Wolfe, Mark Trammell, and Chris Allman, and often accompanied by pianist Stan Whitmire . Over the last several years, this trio has consistently been named Southern Gospel's favorite trio of the year in the Singing News Fan Awards...
) - 2005: Ernie Haase (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
- 2006: Ernie Haase (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
- 2007: Jason Waldroup (Greater Vision)
- 2008: Michael Booth (Booth Brothers)
- 2009: Michael Booth (Booth Brothers)
- 2010: Michael Booth (Booth Brothers)