• The King of the Gospel Singers is the sixth studio album by Little Richard. A gospel album from sessions he recorded for the Mercury Records label, it...
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    The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch...
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  • The Angelic Gospel Singers were an American gospel group from Philadelphia founded and led by Margaret Wells Allison. The group continued through Allison's...
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    William James Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. He has written numerous...
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    Quincy Jones production discography (category Discographies of American artists)
    6 singles and 6 albums in the top 40 and won 4 Platinum Awards and 7 Gold Awards only in the United States. Jones was one of few producers to have number...
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  • The following list of list of best-selling gospel music artists includes music acts from the 20th century to the present who have recorded gospel music...
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    American gospel singer, musician, and composer. Known as the "King of Gospel," Cleveland was a driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound...
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  • and The Edwin Hawkins Singers. Along the way, Mica Paris sings with the choir at the church founded by Aretha Franklin's father, the legendary gospel performer...
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    2015) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor. Referred to as "the father of modern gospel music" by contemporary...
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  • Little Richard, on his 1961 Quincy Jones-produced gospel album The King of the Gospel Singers Connie Francis, on her 1961 album Sing Along with Connie Francis...
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    Little Richard discography (category Discographies of American artists)
    "the architect of rock and roll", Little Richard was a pioneering singer-songwriter whose career also encompassed rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel....
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  • The Jubalaires were an American gospel group active between 1935 and 1950. Previously known as the Royal Harmony Singers in 1936, the band was known for...
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    The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical Gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism...
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    Donnie McClurkin (category American gospel singers)
    He is one of the top selling gospel artists, selling over 13 million albums. Variety dubbed McClurkin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel". McClurkin...
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  • Despite claims to the contrary, Jimi Hendrix does not play on any of the album's songs. After leaving Specialty Records in 1957 to record gospel music, Richard...
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  • The Nelons, formerly the Rex Nelon Singers, were an American southern gospel group based in Atlanta, Georgia. Group members included Kelly Nelon Clark...
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    1970) is an American gospel singer, choir director, record producer and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel and Christian R&B...
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    Little Richard (category 20th-century American male singers)
    Richard (1960) Pray Along with Little Richard (Vol 2) (1960) The King of the Gospel Singers (1962) Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin'...
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  • Thomas A. Dorsey (category American gospel singers)
    named the king of gospel. In 1936, members of Dorsey's junior choir became the Roberta Martin Singers, a successful recording group which set the standard...
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  • Pray Along with Little Richard Volume 2 was the second gospel album by Little Richard, and his fifth album overall, discounting compilations. After recording...
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  • gospel groups from the age of twelve, including Youth For Christ and later the True Light Gospel Singers, before being discovered by Luther Dixon of Scepter...
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  • in entertainment including the late Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker, Dorothy Love Coates, Thomas A. Dorsey (National Singers Convention), Rev. James Cleveland...
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  • June 18, 1988) was an American gospel singer referred to as the "Mother of Gospel" for her efforts to popularize the songs of Thomas A. Dorsey and her influence...
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    The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama, is an American gospel group...
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    The Harlem Gospel Choir is an American gospel choir based in Harlem, New York. It is one of the United States's most prominent gospel choirs. The company...
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  • he told Art Rupe, founder of Specialty Records, that he liked Fats Domino's music. He recorded a number of songs with the Upsetters such as "Keep A-Knockin'"...
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  • The Swan Silvertones are an American gospel music group that first achieved popularity in the 1940s and 1950s under the leadership of Claude Jeter. Jeter...
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    Mavis Staples (category 20th-century African-American women singers)
    blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving...
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  • "an expression of the gospel". It features guest appearances from Clipse, Ty Dolla Sign, Kenny G, Fred Hammond, Ant Clemons, and the Sunday Service Choir...
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  • became its musical leader. The Soul Stirrers, formed as a jubilee quartet, transformed their sound, influenced by hard gospel singers such as Mahalia Jackson...
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