Statesmen Quartet (juga dikenal sebagai Hovie Lister and The Statesmen Quartet) adalah sebuah grup musik Southern Gospel asal Amerika yang didirikan pada 1948 oleh Pendeta Baptis Hovie Lister. Bersama dengan Blackwood Brothers, Statesmen Quartet dianggap menjadi kuartetgospel berpengaruh dan tersukses pada 1950-an dan 1960-an dan memiliki pengaruh besar pada artis-artis pada masa itu dari genre gospel, country, pop, dan rock and roll.[1] Bersama dengan hit-hit sepanjang beberapa dekade, Statesmen Quartet meraih beberapa kesuksesan menonjol termasuk menjadi grup Gospel pertama yang meraih kesepakatan menjadi duta merek. Selain itu, mereka membuat iklan-iklan televisi, tampil pada sejumlah acara radio dan TV, dan menandatangani kontrak dengan RCA Victor sebelum meluncurkan label rekaman mereka sendiri, Skylite Records, dengan Blackwood Brothers.
Diskografi
1957: The Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister
1958: The Statesmen Quartet Sings with Hovie Lister
1958: The Bible Told Me So (RCA)
1959: Hymns
1959: I'll Meet You By the River (RCA)
1959: Get Away Jordan
1960: Mansion Over the Hilltop (RCA)
1960: On Stage (RCA)
1960: Something To Shout About
1960: Encores
1960: Peace, O Lord
1960: Statesmen Blackwood Favorites
1961: Out West (RCA)
1961: Through the States (RCA)
1962: Stop, Look & Listen for the Lord
1962: Camp-Meeting Hymns (RCA)
1962: Singing Time in Dixie (Skylight)
1963: The Mystery of His Way (RCA)
1963: Message in the Sky (RCA Camden)
1963: A Gospel Concert
1964: Hovie Lister Sings with His Famous Statesmen Qt. (RCA)
1964: Hovie Lister Spotlights Doy Ott (RCA)
1964: Songs Of Faith (RCA Camden)
1965: The Best Of The Statesmen Quartet (RCA)
1964: Doris Akers & The Statesmen Sing for You
1965: The Sensational Statesmen Quartet (RCA)
1965: Sings the Golden Gospel Songs (RCA)
1965: All Day Sing & Dinner on the Ground
1966: The Happy Sound (RCA)
1966: Sings the Gospel Gems
1967: In Gospel Country (RCA)
1967: My God is Real (RCA Camden)
1967: Showers of Blessing (RCA)
1968: Sing Brother Sing (RCA)
1968: Hits of the Decade
1968: Happy Land
1968: The Best of the Statesmen Volume 2 (RCA)
1968: God Loves American People (Skylite)
1968: Standing on the Promises
1969: Taller Than Trees (RCA Camden)
1969: Thanks to Calvary (Skylite)
1969: New Sounds Today (Skylite)
1970: No Greater Love (RCA Camden)
1970: Featuring…
1970: The Common Man
1971: Put Your Hand in the Hand (Skylite)
1972: Keep On Smiling
1972: Hits of the Decade
1972: Hits of the Decade Vol. 2 (Chime, Artistic)
1972: They That Sow (Skylite)
1973: I Believe in Jesus
1973: In Memory Of "Big Chief" Jim Wetherington & Denver "Crump" Crumpler (Lord, I Want to Go to Heaven) (CAM)
1973: Time to Remember
1974: Ain't That What It's All About
1974: Precious Memories
1974: Feature Doy Ott
1977: The Legendary Statesmen Return
1977: Gospel Songs Elvis Loved
1977: Get Away Jordan
1978: His Love Put a Song in My Heart
1978: Oh What a Savior (Skylite)
1979: Gospel Gems (Skylite)
1979: Hovie Lister & The Sensational Statesmen
1980: He is Here (Skylite)
1981: Sweet Beulah Land
1992: I Surrender All
1992: The Bible Told Me So
1992: Get Away Jordan
1992: Jubilee’s A Coming
1992: Revival
1992: O What a Savior
1993: O My Lord What a Time
1996: Saints Don't You Know
1997: Hovie Lister & The Statesmen
1998: Still Sensational
1999: You Can't Shake the Rock
2000: Even So Come
Tahun Tidak Diketahui: Precious Old Book (Temple)
Tahun Tidak Diketahui: Faith Unlocks the Door (Temple)
Tahun Tidak Diketahui: How Great Thou Art (Skylite)
