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.
