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Rosie Rozell was a tenor singer for several groups, starting with the Tulsa Trumpeteers (mid-1950s) and the Statesmen Quartet, starting in 1958. He was inducted into Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

He is renowned for his versions of "Hide Thou Me," "Leave It There," and "Oh What a Savior."

Rosie joined Bill Gaither on many of the Homecoming Videos.

He was also one of the founding members of the Masters V quartet (1980's).

Rosie Rozell became one of the premier tenors in the Southern Gospel Music industry.

After singing with the Tulsa Trumpeteers from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, he was hired by the Statesmen Quartet in 1958. He quickly emerged as a unique stylist, thrilling audiences with unforgettable performances on songs like "Hide Thou Me," "Leave It There," and "Oh What A Savior."

Over the next decade and a half, he anchored the tenor position and helped keep the quartet at the top of the Southern Gospel Music profession.

The Trumpeteers were a southern gospel quartet in Tulsa, OK in the 1950s. In 1952, the members included Norris Wing (lead), Charley Hutton (baritone), Roland Rozell (tenor), Jack Smith (bass) and Joe Wing (pianist). They had a daily 15 minute radio show and were seen on local television as well. During this period, they shared the billing at Tulsa concerts with nationally known groups such as Deep South Quartet, Homeland Harmony Quartet, Oak Ridge Quartet, Chuck Wagon Gang, Imperial Quartet, Rangers Quartet, Melody Boys Quartet, Stamps Ozark Quartet, Lefevre Trio, Crusaders Quartet, Blackwood Brothers Quartet and Statesmen Quartet. It's very likely that Rosie was acquainted with Denver Crumpler of the Rangers, and later, Statesmen. Denver died unexpectedly in 1957. Rosie replaced him as a member of the Statesmen the following year.

Roland "Rosie" Rozell was also a salesman for Admiral Auto Sales in Tulsa in 1952. He later served as a police officer with the Tulsa, OK Police Department, 1955 (possibly earlier) - 1958.

In January 1970, Rosie left the Statesmen to form a successful family group--Rosie Rozell And The Searchers. Over the next two decades, he remained one of the most popular personalities in the gospel music industry and, despite poor health, continued to perform with amazing quality and consistency.

He returned briefly to the Statesmen in the mid-1970s and then sang as one of the founding members of the legendary Masters V in the early 1980s. He also sang with the James Blackwood Quartet and the Foggy River Boys.

The Briarcliff Hotel, now the Briarcliff Summit, is located at 1050 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE (original address: 750 Ponce de Leon Ave.) in the Virginia Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.

Asa G. Candler, Jr., the eccentric son of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler Sr., owned the real estate firm that built the Briarcliff in 1924. The Briarcliff is 9 stories tall in an "H" shape. It opened as "the 750", a luxury apartment building with 200 units. The architect was G. Lloyd Preacher,[2] who also designed Atlanta's City Hall. After the 1929 stock market crash, it was converted to a commercial hotel, subdivided into 400 units in order to offer cheap rates. In the late 1940s Candler reconverted the hotel into luxury apartments, taking the top floor and making it into a penthouse suite for himself and his second wife, Florence. His inlaws, Edgar Chambers, Sr and Kate Mumford Chambers, parents of his daughter Laura's husband and owners of Parks Chambers, an upscale men's clothing store in Atlanta, lived in a large apartment on the 1st floor in the building known as "1050 Briarcliff" or more simpy as "1050". In the 1960s, after the death of prominent tenants, the building was deteriorating and was sold by Candler's heirs and again called the Briarcliff Hotel.

The hotel was uniquely tied to gospel music. Hovie Lister and his Statesmen Quartet had offices at the Briarcliff. Statesmen business manager Don Butler and tenor Roland "Rosie" Rozell partnered to open the King & Prince Restaurant inside the hotel.

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Rosie Rozell was a tenor singer for several groups, starting with the Tulsa Trumpeteers (mid-1950s) and the Statesmen Quartet, starting in 1958. He was inducted into Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

He is renowned for his versions of "Hide Thou Me," "Leave It There," and "Oh What a Savior."

Rosie joined Bill Gaither on many of the Homecoming Videos.

He was also one of the founding members of the Masters V quartet (1980's).

Rosie Rozell became one of the premier tenors in the Southern Gospel Music industry.

After singing with the Tulsa Trumpeteers from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, he was hired by the Statesmen Quartet in 1958. He quickly emerged as a unique stylist, thrilling audiences with unforgettable performances on songs like "Hide Thou Me," "Leave It There," and "Oh What A Savior."

Over the next decade and a half, he anchored the tenor position and helped keep the quartet at the top of the Southern Gospel Music profession.

The Trumpeteers were a southern gospel quartet in Tulsa, OK in the 1950s. In 1952, the members included Norris Wing (lead), Charley Hutton (baritone), Roland Rozell (tenor), Jack Smith (bass) and Joe Wing (pianist). They had a daily 15 minute radio show and were seen on local television as well. During this period, they shared the billing at Tulsa concerts with nationally known groups such as Deep South Quartet, Homeland Harmony Quartet, Oak Ridge Quartet, Chuck Wagon Gang, Imperial Quartet, Rangers Quartet, Melody Boys Quartet, Stamps Ozark Quartet, Lefevre Trio, Crusaders Quartet, Blackwood Brothers Quartet and Statesmen Quartet. It's very likely that Rosie was acquainted with Denver Crumpler of the Rangers, and later, Statesmen. Denver died unexpectedly in 1957. Rosie replaced him as a member of the Statesmen the following year.

Roland "Rosie" Rozell was also a salesman for Admiral Auto Sales in Tulsa in 1952. He later served as a police officer with the Tulsa, OK Police Department, 1955 (possibly earlier) - 1958.

In January 1970, Rosie left the Statesmen to form a successful family group--Rosie Rozell And The Searchers. Over the next two decades, he remained one of the most popular personalities in the gospel music industry and, despite poor health, continued to perform with amazing quality and consistency.

He returned briefly to the Statesmen in the mid-1970s and then sang as one of the founding members of the legendary Masters V in the early 1980s. He also sang with the James Blackwood Quartet and the Foggy River Boys.

The Briarcliff Hotel, now the Briarcliff Summit, is located at 1050 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE (original address: 750 Ponce de Leon Ave.) in the Virginia Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.

Asa G. Candler, Jr., the eccentric son of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler Sr., owned the real estate firm that built the Briarcliff in 1924. The Briarcliff is 9 stories tall in an "H" shape. It opened as "the 750", a luxury apartment building with 200 units. The architect was G. Lloyd Preacher,[2] who also designed Atlanta's City Hall. After the 1929 stock market crash, it was converted to a commercial hotel, subdivided into 400 units in order to offer cheap rates. In the late 1940s Candler reconverted the hotel into luxury apartments, taking the top floor and making it into a penthouse suite for himself and his second wife, Florence. His inlaws, Edgar Chambers, Sr and Kate Mumford Chambers, parents of his daughter Laura's husband and owners of Parks Chambers, an upscale men's clothing store in Atlanta, lived in a large apartment on the 1st floor in the building known as "1050 Briarcliff" or more simpy as "1050". In the 1960s, after the death of prominent tenants, the building was deteriorating and was sold by Candler's heirs and again called the Briarcliff Hotel.

The hotel was uniquely tied to gospel music. Hovie Lister and his Statesmen Quartet had offices at the Briarcliff. Statesmen business manager Don Butler and tenor Roland "Rosie" Rozell partnered to open the King & Prince Restaurant inside the hotel.