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Jerry Martin (born September 11, 1970) is the tenor vocalist for the Kingdom Heirs the professional Southern Gospel band that performs at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Jerry's hometown is Bladenboro, North Carolina where he grew up singing locally and started perfecting his vocal skills at a very early age. Previously, Jerry traveled with the award winning Kingsmen Quartet from 1998 - 2002 and the Dove Brothers from 2002 - 2010 before accepting the tenor position with the Kingdom Heirs.

Jerry has been nominated for numerous Singing News Fan Awards. Nominations including: Top 10 Favorite Tenor (14 years), Horizon Individual, Male Vocalist of the Year 2007, Received the Ambassador of Good Will from North Carolina and has been inducted Into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2000). Jerry was also awarded the Group of the Year 2 consecutive times as apart of the Dove Brothers.

Jerry has been successful on the charts with 6 #1 songs. Three of them he was the featured vocalist. Jerry is the featured vocalist on "You're Not Alone" which was Song of the Year in (1998), "God Sits On High" (2002), and "I Can Pray" which was Song of the Year (2007) as well as Song of the Year for the BMI Christian Music Awards (2009). Jerry records background vocals and also song writers demo's. He has written songs of his own as well.