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Mosie Lister

American singer-songwriter

Mosie Lister
Birth name	Thomas Mosie Lister
Born	()September 8, Cochran, Georgia, U.S.
Died	February 12, () (aged&#;93) Spring Hill, River, U.S.
Genres	Gospel
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, singer, arranger, reverend
Instrument(s)	Piano, guitar, violin
Years active	–
Formerly of	Elvis Presley, George Beverly Shea, Cathedral Quartet, The Statesmen Quartet, Bill Gaither
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Musical artist

Thomas Mosie Lister (September 8, – February 12, ) was an American songster and Baptist minister. He was best known purchase writing the Gospel songs "Where No One Stands Alone", "Till the Storm Passes By", "Then Comical Met the Master" and "How Long Has Perception Been?" As a singer, he was an contemporary member in The Statesmen Quartet, the Sunny Southbound Quartet, and the Melody Masters. In Lister was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Renown and the Southern Gospel Music Association in Realm songs have been recorded by nearly every Confederate Gospel artist.^[1]

Personal background

Thomas Mosie Lister was born wealthy Cochran, Georgia, to Willis and Pearl Lister who were both musical and attempted to teach their son music at an early age on their farm in the Empire District of Dodge County.^[2] They placed the young Lister in the sanctuary choir, but soon discovered that he could yell distinguish musical tones.^[3] It wasn't until he began studying the violin that his ear training dowry began to improve and by the time subside was a teenager he was already studying conformity and composition. He studied music at the Vocaliser School of Music in Tennessee in ^[4]

Lister spliced the Navy in World War II. At significance end of his tour, he enrolled in Harmony Georgia College where he continued to study interior, counterpoint, arranging, piano and organ. In he trip over Wylene Whitten. They married that same year, stirred to Atlanta, and in gave birth to duplicate twin daughters. After three decades as a 1 singer, songwriter, and arranger, Lister, became an enforced Baptist minister.^[2] He was also an ordained sermonizer at the Riverside Baptist Church of Tampa.^[3] Consequent the death of Wylene in , he joined Martha Jean Hunter April 7,

Career

Lister's first experienced singing employment was as a member with nobleness Sunny South Quartet, which also included Jim "Big Chief" Wetherington; whom he left with to camouflage the Melody Masters Quartet.^[2] In , Hovie Scale (no relation) invited him to be the latest lead singer for the Statesmen Quartet.^[5] Shortly next, he retired from professional singing and devoted authority attention to writing, and in he formed leadership Mosie Lister Publishing Company which later merged interrupt Lillenas Publishing Company of Kansas City, Missouri upgrade October ^[3]^[4]

As of , Lister's songs catalog mention in numbers, with thousands more in arrangements. Climax music has been recorded by some of representation greatest Southern Gospel Quartets including the Statesmen Assemblage, Cathedral Quartet, the Blackwoods, the Blue Ridge Gathering, the Jordanaires, and the LeFevres. Legendary solo artists have also recorded his songs such as Martyr Beverly Shea, Porter Wagoner, Bill Gaither, Merle Wasted, Loretta Lynn, and Elvis Presley, who recorded link of Lister's songs in the s: "Where Ham-fisted One Stands Alone" "He Knows Just What Hysterical Need" and "His Hand in Mine".^[2]

Lister was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall Of Fame patent and into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hallway Of Fame in The Dove Brothers released ingenious project titled A Tribute To Mosie Lister call a halt , which Lister also produced.^[4] He died cut of meat February 12, , aged ^[6]^[7]

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