Fred Rose (1938 - 1980)
Biography
Fred Rose sang bass for the Dixie Knights, the Prophets and the Harvesters. He started singing in quartets when he was 16. After the birth of his daughter, he stopped singing with professional quartets. Rose opened a music business, Fred Rose Music in Knoxville, TN in 1953.
Rose died at the age of 42 in 1980 after a three-year battle with throat cancer.