Riding a wave of enthusiasm from radio programmers and record buyers for the robust mass Read More
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Dorothy Norwood is not only a church-wrecking singer who can shout a hymn until the Read More
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Dr. Douglas Lee Miller was born on New Year’s Eve, 1949, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Read More
Known as “Father Hayes” for being a father figure to his Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Read More
A pivotal figure in the rise of the gospel mass choir movement, Mattie Moss Clark Read More
Edward S. James Jr., better known as Eddie James, is a musician, praise and worship Read More
Possessing a smoky contralto, Eddie Ruth Bradford of Clarksdale, Mississippi, sounds like a cross between Read More
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Now well into their seventh decade, the Violinaires were formed in 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, Read More
Franklin “Frank” Delano Williams, a gospel music vocalist, musician, recording artist and record company executive, Read More
Gathering together 150 men and women from the more than 600 who auditioned, the Reverend Read More
Birmingham-born vocalist Inez Andrews was known as “the High Priestess” of gospel music. Shirley Caesar Read More
With a husky singing voice and a passion for training and directing mass choirs, James Read More