Gospel singers Gospel singers Andraé Edward Crouch (born July 1, 1942), gospel musician, recording artist, songwriter, arranger, and producer, was a key figure in the Jesus Music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. His religious songs have been sung by Elvis Presley, Paul Simon, young white hippies, and mainstream churches, as well as his fellow black Pentecostal Christians. He has won more than 16 Grammy awards and an Oscar nomination. Crouch was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrae Crouch"
Arizona Dranes ( 1905 (?) – 1960 (?)) was one of the first gospel artists to bring the Sanctified musical styles of Holiness churches' religious music to the public in her records for Okeh and performances in the 1920s. She introduced piano accompaniment to Holiness music, which had previously been largely a cappella, and accompanied herself in the barrelhouse and ragtime styles popular at the time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arizona Dranes"
Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American country music singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbara Mandrell"
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon (born October 4, 1942) is a singer, composer, scholar, and social activist, who founded the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1973. The daughter of a Baptist minister, Reagon was born and raised in southwest Georgia where music was an integral part of life. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bernice Johnson Reagon"
Bessie Griffin ( July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989) was an African American gospel singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bessie Griffin"
"Blind" Willie Johnson (c. 1902- 1945), was an African-American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of most of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions. Among musicians, he is considered one of the greatest slide or bottleneck guitar artists who ever lived, as well as one of the most revered figures of depression-era gospel music. His music is distinguishable by his powerful bass strumming and gravelly false-bass voice, with occasional use of a tenor voice. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blind Willie Johnson"
Bob Carlisle (born 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Christian singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bob Carlisle"
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Brad Cotter is the 2004 winner of the Nashville Star country music talent competition, aired on the USA Network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brad Cotter"
CeCe Winans, (born Priscilla Winans on October 8, 1964), is an American gospel singer. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. Her first solo album, the Gold certified Alone in His Presence, was released in 1995 and earned her a Grammy Award and 2 Dove Awards including the coveted Female Vocalist of the Year, an honor she was bestowed with again in 1997. She has since released six solo albums four of which have been certified Gold. Cece has received 7 Grammy Awards, 19 Grammy Nominations, 18 Dove Awards and numerous Stellar Awards as well. CeCe's collection of Top Ten R&B radio hits include "Count on Me," her duet with Whitney Houston, from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. The single sold 2 million copies and hit the Top Ten on pop and adult contemporary charts and landed in the #1 position on the Billboard R&B charts. She had previously recorded with her brother Bebe as part of the duo Bebe & Cece Winans. She founded her own record label, Wellspring Gospel. Many of her ten siblings, as well as her parents, are professional gospel singers. ...more on Wikipedia about "CeCe Winans"
Clara Ward ( April 21 (?), 1924 - January 16, 1973) was a gospel artist who achieved great success, both artistic and commercial, in the 1940s and 1950s as leader of The Famous Ward Singers. A gifted singer and arranger, Ward took the lead-switching style used by male gospel quartets to new heights, leaving room for spontaneous improvisation and vamping by each member of the group while giving virtuouso singers such as Marion Williams the opportunity to step forward in songs such as "Surely, God Is Able" and "Packin' Up". ...more on Wikipedia about "Clara Ward"
Dinah Washington ( August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the "Queen of the Blues". ...more on Wikipedia about "Dinah Washington"
Dorothy Love Coates ( January 30, 1928, Birmingham, Alabama- April 9, 2002) rose to stardom in the 1950s as a member of The Original Gospel Harmonettes, a gospel group from Birmingham, Alabama. With her "raggedy" voice and preacher's fire she could outsing the most powerful hard gospel male singers of the era. She was also a notable composer, writing songs such as "You Can't Hurry God (He's Right On Time)", "99 and a Half Won't Do" and "That's Enough". ...more on Wikipedia about "Dorothy Love Coates"
Dorothy Moore (born October 13, 1946 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American pop, R&B, and soul singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dorothy Moore"
Elvis Aron Presley ( January 8 1935 – August 16 1977), also known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", was an American singer, song producer and actor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elvis Presley" This article is made on shortopedia
Ethel Waters ( October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an African American blues vocalist who frequently performed jazz, big band, gospel, and popular music, on Broadway and off. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ethel Waters"
George Beverly Shea ( February 1, 1909 – ) is a prominent singer/ songwriter of gospel music. The son of a Wesleyan Church minister, George Beverly Shea began singing in the church choir. His family moved to Upstate New York and from there he went on to work in commercial radio. Living in Chicago, he wrote and sang religious music that led to his performing on religious radio broadcasts and to a calling in gospel music that spanned more than fifty years with the Billy Graham organization. ...more on Wikipedia about "George Beverly Shea"
Isabelle Arnfjell is a Swedish singer/songwriter that debuted with the Something Pretty album in 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isabelle Arnfjell"
John Daniel "J. D." Sumner ( November 19, 1924 - November 16, 1998) was an American singer and songwriter. "J.D." Sumner was born in Lakeland, Florida. Sumner was inspired to become a bass singer at the age of eight after hearing Frank Stamps perform. He began developing his talent from that moment. ...more on Wikipedia about "J. D. Sumner"
Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson on October 19, 1945 in Anson, Texas) to Oscar and Nora Stephenson is an American country and gospel music singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jeannie C. Riley"
Jevetta Steele is an american gospel singer from Minneapolis. Her most famout song is "Calling You" from the movie Bagdad Café. She did collaborate with the artist Prince in the 90s. She is also a member of the gospel group The Steeles. She did a musical of her own: " Two Queens, One Castle" ...more on Wikipedia about "Jevetta Steele"
James Houston Davis, better known as Jimmie Davis, ( September 11, 1899(?) - November 5, 2000) was a noted singer who served as Governor of Louisiana. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jimmie Davis" The www.shortopedia.com spirit shortopedia
Karen Valencia Clark-Sheard is an African-American gospel singer who was born in Detroit, Michigan. She is the youngest sibling of six children by Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, gospel pioneer, and Pastor Elbert Clark. She is known for her expertise in vocal melismata, and is often regarded as, "the queen of melismas and vocal acrobats." ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Karen Clark Sheard"
Rev. Karen Harris Wheaton Towe is a Pentecostal minister and gospel singer. Born Karen Harris, she grew up in a Pentecostal family in Hamilton, Alabama where she was active in church music from an early age. She married DeWayne Wheaton and by him had two daughters, Lauren and Lindsey Wheaton. In 1997, she divorced Wheaton and remarried, though she uses the name "Karen Wheaton" professionally to this day. Several of her early gospel albums identify her as either Karen Harris or Karen Harris Wheaton, however. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karen Wheaton"
Larry Gatlin (born May 2, 1948 in Seminole, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter, stage actor and author. ...more on Wikipedia about "Larry Gatlin"
Linda Hopkins (born Melinda Helen Mathews, December 14 1924) is an American blues and gospel singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linda Hopkins"
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