Don Seabolt
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Don Seabolt is an American singer and songwriter
best known for singing tenor with the famed Blue Ridge Quartet
from Spartanburg, South Carolina from 1971-1978. Prior to his tenure with the Blue Ridge Quartet he served as the lead singer for the Prophets Quaret from Nashville, Tennessee. In 1978 he left the Blue Ridge to start the Donnie Seabolt Band where he continued to sing and tour until 2002. In his 40 years of singing Southern Gospel
music, Seabolt has recorded over 100 albums and composed several songs that have climbed the charts in both the Singing News and Cashbox Magazine. In 2009 he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
best known for singing tenor with the famed Blue Ridge Quartet
Blue Ridge Quartet
-History:Originally part of the Stamps organization, they eventually split with that group and relocated to North Carolina, later settling in Spartanburg, South Carolina....
from Spartanburg, South Carolina from 1971-1978. Prior to his tenure with the Blue Ridge Quartet he served as the lead singer for the Prophets Quaret from Nashville, Tennessee. In 1978 he left the Blue Ridge to start the Donnie Seabolt Band where he continued to sing and tour until 2002. In his 40 years of singing Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
music, Seabolt has recorded over 100 albums and composed several songs that have climbed the charts in both the Singing News and Cashbox Magazine. In 2009 he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.