Inducted 1997

Born in Upshur County, Texas, Frank Stamps became one of the critical pioneers of the first generation of gospel quartet music. 

After serving in World War I, he attended the Vaughan School of Music and sang bass in one of the Vaughan Company quartets. When his brother, V.O. Stamps, formed his own music company in 1924, Frank managed the Frank Stamps Quartet as the first traveling representative of the new company. Three years later, singing for the reorganized Stamps-Baxter Company, he secured a contract with Victor Records-making the Frank Stamps Quartet the first Southern Gospel group to record on a major label. Their recording of "Give the World a Smile" produced the first genuine "hit" in Southern Gospel. 

After his brother's death in 1940, Frank assumed administrative duties in the Stamps-Baxter organization; however, in 1945, he left the company and formed the Stamps Quartet Music Company. Through this company, he maintained a strong interest in singing conventions and music schools for the next two decades. His promotion of the Stamps Quartet School of Music prepared and inspired an entire generation to take Southern Gospel Music to new heights.