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The group was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2016. She had continued the Nelon singing name after her father, gospel singer Rex Nelon. [1] Nelon won Singing News Fan Awards in the categories of Favorite Alto and Favorite Female Vocalist in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, and 1990. [2] She was associated with Bill Gaither's Homecoming events
Bill Gaither was born in Alexandria, Indiana, in 1936 to George and Lela Gaither.He formed his first group the Bill Gaither Trio (consisting of Bill, his sister Mary Ann (1945–2018), [1] and brother Danny Gaither (1938–2001) in 1956 while a college student at Anderson College, to which he had transferred after one year at Taylor University.
Randle is known as a Gaither Homecoming artist since she was recruited by Bill Gaither in 1998. [4] She also markets a number of singing videos [5] featuring her mellow alto voice in gospel music, particularly southern gospel. She also heads Lynda Randle Ministries in Kansas City, Missouri.
Three members of US family gospel group The Nelons have been killed in a plane crash, their management announced. Jason Clark, Kelly Nelon Clark and their daughter Amber Kistler died on Friday ...
The Bill Gaither Trio received 17 Dove Awards from Gospel Music Association of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The Gaither Trio is recognised as one of the most influential Christian artists from the 1950s to the present day.
He and his brother, Bill, were half of a quartet known as the Junior Dixie Four. [9] In 1954, he was the tenor soloist from a 100-member high school choir for a community sunrise service in his hometown. [10] By the time Gaither was 15, his interest in Southern gospel music had already been ignited.
He stayed at Vanderbilt for 21 years and shortly after leaving, a gospel singer friend, Buddy Greene, introduced him to Bill Gaither. Todd Suttles, left, on the cover of the Gaither Vocal Band's ...
He died on April 11, 2005, aged 75 at the Akron City Hospital in Ohio. He and his wife, Clara, would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 27. [8] On August 10, 2009, George's second daughter Dana died aged 47 and then on December 31, 2017, George's youngest daughter Tara died aged 42 from cancer.