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James Edward Cleveland (December 5, 1931 – February 9, 1991) was an 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 by incorporating traditional black gospel, soul, pop, and jazz in arrangements for mass choirs.
Peace Be Still is the live album of gospel singer James Cleveland and The Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutley, NJ, a choir directed by Rev. Lawrence Roberts. It was recorded on September 19, 1963, at Trinity Seventh Day Adventist Church in Newark, NJ, and released in 1964 under Savoy Records .
The Southern California Community Choir is a choir founded by the Rev. James Cleveland. It has appeared on several recordings, including by artists such as Aretha Franklin, Kansas, Elton John and Arlo Guthrie. It performed on several episodes of TV Gospel Time in the early 1960s, and in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers.
James Cleveland served as organist and sometimes conductor in the early 1950s. [6] [7] In 1956, a 14-year-old Aretha Franklin made her first recordings for J-V-B Records at New Bethel. [8] In 1961, the church lost its Hastings Street building to construction of the Chrysler Freeway. The church, which had 4,000 members at the time, moved to the ...
Amazing Grace is a live album by American singer Aretha Franklin.It was recorded in January 1972 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, with Reverend James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir accompanying Franklin in performance.
PROVIDENCE – The Rev. James T. Ruggieri, whose leadership style helped accelerate the departure of some more progressive parishioners from St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, has been ...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his ...
He got his college education at Los Angeles City College, while attending Reverend James Cleveland's church the Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church. [3] Where he was requested to go with Rev. Cleveland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after he got called forward to play the organ during one of the church's offertory periods. [3]