Inducted 2003

Marion B. Snider is a Southern Gospel Music icon-one of the industry's piano-playing pioneers. 

He studied piano under the direction of Freddy Martin, an adopted son of gospel music legend V.O. Stamps and a member of the Cass County Boys, the band for Western movie star Gene Autry. Snider first gained national notoriety as pianist for the original Stamps Quartet on KRLD Radio Station in Dallas, Texas from 1936-39. 

Snider organized the Imperial Quartet in 1946, which was featured five times a week on Texas Quality Network. He then produced, emceed and played piano for the "Songs of Inspiration" television show in Dallas. During this period he also emceed W.B. Nowlin's "Battle of Songs" presentations in Forth Worth, TX. 

Snider began his career as pianist for the Lubbock Quartet in 1934. He also served a short interlude as the Blackwood Brothers Quartet pianist. Snider received various honors throughout his storied career including induction into the Southern Gospel Piano Roll of Honor in 1996.