Lord" 1981: Male Vocalist of the Year 1982: Male Vocalist of the Year 1998: Inducted into the GMA's Gospel Music Hall of Fame (with all five original members: Jake Hess, Armond Morales, Gary McSpadden, Sherrill Neilsen & Henry Slaughter, as well as Joe Moscheo, Terry Blackwood, Sherman Andrus, and Jim Murray)Solo1984: Male Vocalist of the Year 1986: Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year for Medals 1989: Rock Album of the Year for Russ Taff 1989: Recorded Music Packaging of the Year for Russ Taff 1990: Rock Album of the Year for The Way Home 1990: Rock Recorded Song of the Year for "The River Unbroken" 2016: Inducted into the GMA's Gospel Music Hall of FameNominations with the Gaither Vocal Band''' 2003: Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year 2003: Country Album of the Year See also Dove Award for Song of the Year Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary References Sources Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music; Powell; pp 46, 47; Hendrickson Publishers; Pap/Cdr edition (August 2002) Alfonso, Barry (2002) s The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music Jones, Kim (2008) About.com Larkin, Colin (2006) The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Mansfield, Brian (2005) [ Allmusic.com] TPE Interview (2006). Today's Pentecostal Evangel External links The Imperials official website Gaither Homecoming website 1953 births American performers of Christian music Grammy Award winners Living people Myrrh Records artists People from Farmersville, California Southern gospel performers