Inducted 1997

The consummate professional, Denver Crumpler added great dignity to Southern Gospel Music whenever he stepped onto the stage. 

Born in Magnolia, Arkansas, Crumpler apprenticed with area quartets before joining the Stamps Melody Boys in the mid-1930s. In 1938, he joined the Rangers Quartet and helped build that quartet into one of the most popular groups in the nation by the late 1940s-contributing both his distinctive Irish tenor voice and often accompanying the group on guitar. 

In early 1953, he joined the Statesmen Quartet and was responsible for adding the "finishing touches" to that legendary group's sound. Though premature death silenced his voice in 1957, Denver Crumpler is still regarded as one of the finest tenor singers of all time.