Harvey Lee Watkins Jr. (born November 2, 1954) is an American gospel musician and currently the lead singer of The Canton Spirituals, which his father Harvey Watkins Sr. founded.
His second album, It's in My Heart – Live in Raymond, MS, released by Verity Records in 2003, and this placed on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart.
The third album, Keep Knocking, was released in 2013 by Malaco Records, but this did not place on any charts.
[3] He was stricken with Polio, as a three-year-old, and was healed by prayer.
[3] He was influenced by his fathers band, The Canton Spirituals which included his uncle, the late Reverend I. S. Watkins.