Bobby Strickland

Bobby Strickland
1920 - 1953

Inducted 2003

Bobby Strickland is another in a long line of Southern Gospel Music artists from Sand Mountain, Alabama. Strickland is regarded as one of the premier singers of the his era, which spanned the late 1930's until 1953 when he perished in an automobile accident.

Strickland was immensely popular with gospel music enthusiasts and became a household name in the gospel music industry while singing with the legendary Harmoneers Quartet. He also had tenures with the Sand Mountain Quartet and Statesmen Quartet before he formed the Crusaders Quartet in 1950.

He is the Statesmen's original first tenor. Strickland was a music advisor to the world's most famous entertainer, Elvis Presley, and helped establish a standard for Southern Gospel tenors to try to match.