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  2. Jackson Southernaires - Wikipedia

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    The Jackson, Mississippi-based traditional black gospel group, The Jackson Southernaires was founded by record producer, Frank Crisler, in 1940. [1] They did not start actively recording and releasing music until 1969. [1]

  3. Willie Banks (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Willie Banks (May 11, 1929 – February 1, 1993), was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and originator of his backing band, The Messengers. Banks started the Messengers in 1972 after he left The Jackson Southernaires. While with the Jackson Southernaires, Banks made his first big hit in 1964 on Peacock Records with the song "Too Late".

  4. Mississippi Mass Choir - Wikipedia

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    While attending the Umbria Jazz Gospel and Soul Easter Festival in Terni, Italy, the choir was invited to sing for Pope John Paul II at his summer residence. On June 19, 2009, the Mississippi Mass Choir commemorated their 20th anniversary by recording their ninth album, …Then Sings My Soul , live at the First Baptist Church in Jackson.

  5. Marvin Yancy - Wikipedia

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    Marvin Jerome Yancy (May 31, 1950 – March 22, 1985) was an American gospel musician, pastor and Grammy-winning record producer, and former pastor of Fountain of Life Baptist Church. He started his music career, in 1971, with The Independents, who were an American R&B vocal group.

  6. Franklin Delano Williams - Wikipedia

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    Later the Southernaires signed to Malaco Records. With Malaco they recorded Legendary Gentlemen (1979), Touch of Class (1981), and Down Home (1982). They won several awards during the 1980s. In 1979, while with the Jackson Southernaires, Frank became the executive producer and director of Gospel promotions at Malaco.

  7. The Williams Brothers (gospel group) - Wikipedia

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    The Jackson, Mississippi-based traditional black gospel group, The Williams Brothers started in 1960 by Leon "Pop" Williams (November 24, 1908/1909 – September 6, 1989), [1] [2] who was the father of the Williams Brothers and an early member of the group, died in a car accident.

  8. List of best-selling gospel music artists - Wikipedia

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    List of gospel songs which have reported sales of 1 million units or higher but are uncertified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Though " I'll Take You There " by The Staple Singers was certified Gold on January 31, 2019, for digital sales of 500,000 units, [ 4 ] its physical sales of 1.5 million units, reported on May 6 ...

  9. Malaco Records - Wikipedia

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    Malaco Records is an American independent record label based in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, [1] that has been the home of various major blues and gospel acts, such as Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, Latimore, Z. Z. Hill, Denise LaSalle, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, Shirley Brown, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Sease, and the Mississippi Mass Choir.