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Legendary quartet, The Florida Boys (pictured as they were in the 1960s with group members Coy Cook, Les Beasley, Glen Allred, Billy Todd and Derrell Stewart) will be honored on Saturday evening, September 15 at the 50th Annual National Quartet Convention, set to take place in Louisville at the Kentucky Fair & Expo Center during the week of September 10-15

Louisville, KY – A few months ago, legendary Gospel quartet, The Florida Boys announced plans to retire from touring. Although they officially concluded touring in July, the multi-award winning quartet agreed to perform at all previously scheduled performance slots during the 50th Annual National Quartet Convention, scheduled to take place in Louisville, KY, during the week of September 10-15. The group will be joined during those performances by several former quartet members, as well as the current group as it existed at the time of their retirement.

The Florida Boys were one of numerous quartets featured on the very first National Quartet Convention, which first took place in Memphis, TN, in 1957. The Florida Boys, however, are the only group featured at this year’s event who were also featured at the inaugural event. Performing at the National Quartet Convention during the past 50 years is just one of many highlights The Florida Boys have enjoyed throughout their 60-year career. The Florida Boys were the host of the popular Gospel Singing Jubilee television program, which made its debut in 1964. The program aired coast-to-coast and was viewed by millions every Sunday morning for more than two decades. Additionally, The Florida Boys were the very first to be included on the Canaan Records label. The Canaan label, and Word Records, went on to become one of the nation’s largest Christian music labels, encompassing all Christian music genres.

In recognition of their rich musical heritage, the National Quartet Convention will feature a special segment on the Saturday evening concert, September 15, paying tribute to The Florida Boys’ 60-year career, as well as the group’s current owners, Les Beasley, Glen Allred and Derrell Stewart, who each joined the group in the early 1950s when the quartet was known as the Gospel Melody Quartet. The tribute will be followed by a very special, last performance by The Florida Boys. The group will perform their mega-hit, “When He Was On The Cross” to conclude the tribute. The performance will feature the group members who recorded the song for Canaan Records in 1984. Those members include Beasley, a member of the Gospel Music and Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fames, Allred and Stewert, who are also both Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame members, as well as bass singer Buddy Liles, whose tenure with the group covered a span of more than three decades, as well as tenor Terry Davis, who sang with the quartet during the 1980s.

The tribute to The Florida Boys is just one of many exciting events which will take place on the grounds of the Kentucky Fair & Expo Center in Louisville during the 50th Annual National Quartet Convention. A complete schedule of events is available at http://www.natqc.com or by calling the NQC office at 800-846-8499.

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