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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.
This list includes artists that perform in traditional gospel music genres such as Southern gospel, traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, gospel blues, Christian country music, Celtic gospel and British black gospel as well as artists in the general market who have recorded music in these genres.
The group, composed of Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore, specializes in new music/contemporary classical music and is known for its touring and recording activities. Third Coast Percussion was the Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Notre Dame ’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center from 2013-2018. [ 1 ]
Donald J. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, on October 9, 1922. After The Williams Brothers broke up, Don Williams moved back to Los Angeles. In LA, he worked on TV shows, where he sang on the Eddie Fisher and Nat King Cole television shows. He put together his own act the "Don Williams Singers" and sang for a number of TV commercials.
Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, editor W. K. McNeil, Routledge, 2005 Lee Roy Abernathy; Alfred Ackley; Bentley DeForest Ackley; Roy Acuff; Yolanda Adams; Doris Akers; Charles McCallum Alexander; Rance Allen; Richard Allen; Robert Anderson; The Andrews Gospel Singers; Inez Andrews; Andrus, Blackwood, and Company; Angelic Gospel Singers; The Anointed Pace Sisters; The Archers; Armond ...
The Akins [1] are a Gospel Music group of up to three brothers and their father. They write their own songs and play all of their own instruments. David, the father, began in 1988 when his three sons Dave, Nick, and Eli were children. While leading music at a youth retreat, David met a man nam
Norwood set up the KnockOut Vocal Studio in North Hollywood, CA and brought his Southern charm to a 12-song a cappella gospel interpretation of "old church" songs. After the release has he focused on the work as director to the group UCC, a 94-voice youth choir in South Central L.A. and minister of music at the Woodland Hills Church of Christ. [4]
With the company's support he began calling in personnel, including David R. Curry, who became Mississippi Mass Choir's music director. The choir's first album and video, The Mississippi Mass Choir, Live , were recorded on October 29, 1988 ( 1988-10-29 ) under the leadership of Williams.