Obadiah Hawthorne Carter (December 12, 1925 – June 30, 1994) was an American musician who was a member of the "5" Royales, an R & B group in the 1940s and 1950s. Carter was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the youngest son of John Carter, a gardener, and Octavia, a laundress. His father died when Obadiah was young, and he and his mother had to move in with his older sister, Lottie, and her husband. Obadiah Carter was the North Carolina Heritage Award Recipient in 1992. The "5" Royales were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.
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