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As the only son of Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and his wife Frances, Donnie exudes the same evangelistic enthusiasm and cloak carried by his father...

A. C. (also, "Asey" or "Asa") Forehand and (Blind) Mamie Forehand were husband and wife American gospel musicians. They recorded four songs for Victor...

Origin Jackson, Mississippi Genres Gospel Years active 1936-1990s History The group originated in 1936 as a quartet of students from the Piney Woods Schoolnear Jackson, Mississippi. The students...

Artist Biography by Michael Erlewine The Swan Silvertones are a premier gospel group and one of the great music experiences awaiting anyone who has never...

Anthony Tyrone Evans, Jr. is an African American Christian singer and songwriter. He has made six studio albums during his career as a musician. Click here...

Partway through the second American Idol competition in early 2003, guest judge Gladys Knight christened corpulent crooner Ruben Studdard a "velvet teddy bear," a...

Naomi Striemer is a critically acclaimed, chart topping, singer-songwriter, renowned speaker and Best-Selling author. Born in upstate New York but raised on a secluded farm...

Birth name: Ralna Eve English Born: June 19, 1942 (age 74) Origin: Haskell, Texas, USA Genres: Southern gospel, big band, pop, country Occupation(s): Vocalist Years active: 1969–present Website: Ralna English.com Ralna...

The Anointed Pace Sisters is an American gospel music female group from Atlanta Georgia, they started in 1992. The group's members are Duranice Pace...

Reverend Bazil Meade joined with Lawrence Johnson and Delroy Powell in 1983 to present the first concert gospel choir in the U.K. The choir...

It’s that voice. That sweetly roughened twang of Candi Staton’s has captivated a new generation of music lovers just as it did when she...

The Rance Allen Group is a gospel music group formed in Monroe, Michigan, and based in Toledo, Ohio. The group's incorporation of rock and soul...

Gasteiz, Spain in June 2010 Born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941 (age 75) Duluth, Minnesota, United States Residence Malibu, California, U.S. Other names Elston Gunn Blind Boy Grunt Bob...

Charles McCallon Alexander (1867–1920) a native of East Tennessee, was a popular nineteenth-century gospel singer who worked the evangelistic circuit for many years. Over...

Loretta Lynn (née Webb; April 14, 1932)  is a multiple gold album American country music singer-songwriter whose work spans almost 60 years. She has...

Mary Alessi is a Christian songwriter and Worship leader. Early years The daughter of evangelists, Mary and her twin sister Martha Munizzi were born in Lakeland,...

The patriarch of one of music's most successful families, Roebuck "Pops" Staples worked with everyone from Robert Johnson to Curtis Mayfield. Roebuck Staples was...

The Alabama Sacred Harp Singers were any of the informal groups participating in four recorded Sacred Harp singing sessions in Alabama in the 20th...

Born Dorothy McGriff in Birmingham, Alabama, her early years were hard, (she later described them as "the same old thing"). Her minister father left...

Artist Biography by Rob Bowman The Staples' story goes all the way back to 1915 in Winona, Mississippi, when patriarch Roebuck "Pops" Staples entered the...