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The Marvin Norcross Award is awarded yearly in the Singing News Fan Awards ceremony to honor an individual selected by the staff of the
Singing News
Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...
magazine who has made distinct contributions to Southern gospel music over his or her career.
Florida Boys
The Florida Boys were a male vocal quartet in Southern gospel music. The group was founded in 1947 by J. G. Whitfield. Originally named The Gospel Melody Quartet, the group was renamed in 1954. From the 1950s until 2007, the group was led by ...
Kingsmen Quartet
The Kingsmen Quartet (better known as The Kingsmen) is an American Southern gospel vocal quartet.
Musical career and awards
The Kingsmen are a Southern Gospel vocal quartet based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Many singers of Southern ...
* 1987:
Glen Payne
Glen Weldon Payne (October 20, 1926 – October 15, 1999) was a Southern gospel vocalist who served for 55 years and was known for being the lead vocalist for The Cathedral Quartet.
Early years
Payne was a child of the Great Depression. His p ...
and
George Younce
George Wilson Younce (February 22, 1930 – April 11, 2005) was a Southern gospel bass vocalist, known for performing with Southern gospel quartets, especially The Cathedral Quartet.
Biography
Born in Patterson, North Carolina, Younce ( ) w ...
* 1988:
Jack Pittman
Jack Pittman is a freelance American cartoonist and illustrator whose work has appeared in advertisements for American Express, Coca-Cola, General Motors, and other prominent campaigns. He received the National Cartoonist Society
The National ...
Chuck Wagon Gang
The Chuck Wagon Gang is a Country gospel musical group, formed in 1935 by David P. ("Dad") Carter, oldest son Ernest ("Jim") along with daughters Lola ("Rose") and Effie ("Anna").Bob Terrell ''The Chuck Wagon Gang: A Legend Lives On'' 1990 The ...
* 1990:
Squire Parsons
Squire Enos Parsons Jr. (April 4, 1948 – May 5, 2025) was an American Southern gospel singer and songwriter. He was born in Newton, West Virginia, to Squire and Maysel Parsons, and was introduced to music by his father, who was a choir direc ...
Jake Hess
Jake Hess (December 24, 1927 – January 4, 2004) was an American Grammy Award-winning southern gospel singer.McNeil, W.K., Ed. (2010). ''Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music''. Routledge. . Pp. 201-202.
Life
The son of "a sharecropper who wa ...
* 1994:
James Blackwood
James Webre Blackwood (August 4, 1919 – February 3, 2002) was an American gospel singer and one of the founding members of legendary Southern gospel quartet The Blackwood Brothers. He is the only person in any field of music to have been nomi ...
Florida Boys
The Florida Boys were a male vocal quartet in Southern gospel music. The group was founded in 1947 by J. G. Whitfield. Originally named The Gospel Melody Quartet, the group was renamed in 1954. From the 1950s until 2007, the group was led by ...
* 1996: Tim Riley,
Gold City
Gold City (formerly known as Gold City Quartet) is an American southern gospel quartet based in Gadsden, Alabama. Formed in 1980, the group was one of the most successful quartets through the 1980s and 1990s, charting ten number one hits in ...
The Hoppers
The Hoppers are an American Southern gospel singing group from North Carolina. Their music combines Southern gospel with Pop, country, and rock music.
History
The Hoppers are a family ensemble which first began performing together in 1957. They ...
Dixie Melody Boys
The Dixie Melody Boys were an American Southern Gospel quartet from Kinston, North Carolina formed in 1961 and retired in 2023. The group was known for giving many young Southern Gospel and Christian artists their start in the gospel music in ...
Florida Boys
The Florida Boys were a male vocal quartet in Southern gospel music. The group was founded in 1947 by J. G. Whitfield. Originally named The Gospel Melody Quartet, the group was renamed in 1954. From the 1950s until 2007, the group was led by ...
* 2004: Eddie & Janice Crook
* 2005: Jackie & Elaine Wilburn
This award was not presented in the 1997, 2006, or 2007 ''Singing News'' Fan Awards.
As of 2008, the award was renamed the Norcross-Templeton Award.
* 2008:
Maurice Templeton
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*Maurice (name), a given name and surname, including a list of people with the name
Places
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*Maurice, Iowa, a city
*Maurice, Louisiana, a village
*Maurice River, a trib ...