Jim Hamill

American Gospel singer and arranger. Born August 10, 1934 Big Stone Gap, Virginia Died November 29, 2007 (aged 73) Hendersonville, North Carolina. Affectionately called "Big Jim", he got his start singing with Cecil Blackwood in the Songfellows in 1952. Hamill sang with the Weatherfords, the Blue Ridge Quartet, the Rebels, and the Oak Ridge Quartet. Hamill is best remembered for the 25 years he spent singing lead and doing emcee work for the Kingsmen Quartet of Asheville, NC. He left the Kingsmen for a brief period to sing with the Senators in 1976, but soon returned. He was a mentor to many younger singers and was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall Of Fame in 2004.