1896–1965

Introduction

Born: October 7, 1896, Simp­son­ville, Tex­as.

Died: April 12, 1965, Dall­as Coun­ty, Tex­as.

Buried: Laur­el Land Me­mor­ial Park, Dal­las, Tex­as.

portrait

Biography

Frank was the son of Will­iam Os­car Stamps and Flor­ence Cor­ine Ros­ser, and bro­ther of Vir­gil Stamps. He mar­ried twice, to Rho­da Mae San­ders and Mary Na­omi Marks.

He found­ed the Frank Stamps Qua­rtet in 1924. It became the first south­ern Gospel group on a with a ma­jor label, when it signed a re­cord­ing con­tract with RCA Vic­tor in 1927. The quar­tet al­so pro­duced the first Gos­pel hit sin­gle, with Give the World a Smile.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. I Know God’s There
  2. Stay Be­side Me Each Day

Music

  1. By the Sav­ing Power of Grace
  2. I Met a Man Who All Things Knew
  3. Jesus Gave His Life to Par­don Ev­ery Na­tion
  4. On the Sea of Time, Like a Ves­sel, We Sail
  5. Once I Was Just a Way­ward Sin­ner
  6. Once My Path Was Drea­ry and My Heart Was We­ary
  7. Sun Re­fused to Shine Above, The
  8. There’s a Me­lo­dy That Rings With­in My Heart
  9. We Are Sing­ing as We Go
  10. What a Time That Will Be