Inducted 2006

Born August 27, 1926 in Greenville, SC, Jack Pittman’s musical career started as a young teenager singing with the Little Four Quartet. In 1942, he attended the Vaughn School of Music and in 1944, Frank Stamps hired him. While with the Stamps organization, Jack sang with the Stamps Great Plains Quartet, the Carl Raines Stamps Quartet, the Stamps Melody Boys, and the Stamps-Baxter All-Stars. Jack Pittman joined the Palmetto State Quartet in the early 1950s.

Pittman sang with the Palmetto State Quartet for more than forty years. During his time of service with the Palmetto State Quartet, they were known for their excellent presentation of southern gospel quartet music. They appeared as regulars on Bob Poole’s Gospel Favorites TV Show which aired nationally on over a hundred and twenty stations with Pittman selling the advertising for the program locally. He retired from the quartet in 1997.

Jack’s reputation in gospel music stretches far beyond the performing stage. He was an astute businessman who never forgot his friends in gospel music. Pittman was instrumental in forming the Grand Ole Gospel Reunion in 1988. Since that time, the Grand Ole Gospel Reunion has become a yearly gathering of gospel artists and fans. Jack was also awarded the Marvin Norcross Award in 1988.