Gordon Hill (singer)

For another artist of the same name, see The Wealdstone Raider.

Gordon E. Hill (February 10, 1927 – November 24, 2014) was an American quartet bass singer during the 1940s through the early 1960s.^[1]

Life and career

Hill was born in Missouri on February 10, 1927.^[2] He sung with several quartets, including:

• C.R. Melton's All American Quartet
• Bobby Strickland's Southlanders Quartet in Birmingham, Alabama
• The original bass singer for Hovie Lister's Statesmen Quartet in Atlanta, Georgia in 1948.^[3]

After leaving the Statesmen in 1949, he sang bass with several quartets including a return to the All American Quartet^[4] in Mount Vernon, Illinois and the Revelaires Quartet, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.^[5]

Hill died in Tucson, Arizona on November 24, 2014, at the age of 87.^[6][2]