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The Chicago Mass Choir is an American gospel choir from Chicago, Illinois. The ensemble was founded in 1988 by James C. Chambers, who was also the founder of the Ecclesiastes Community Choir. Their debut album was issued in 1991; that year they were named Best New Artist at the Gospel Music Excellence Awards. [1]
"Pressing On" is also sung in its entirety on camera in two feature-length documentaries: Alicia Keys sings it in Muscle Shoals (2013), and the Chicago Mass Choir, featuring lead vocals by former Dylan back-up singer Regina McCrary, performs it in Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan (2005). [11]
Dillard was born on February 25, 1965, [1] [non-primary source needed] in Chicago Heights, Illinois, [2] as Ricky Rydell Dillard. His mother and grandmother imparted to him a love of gospel music, and he was raised in the church singing in the choir at the age of five years, and eventually got the opportunity to direct the youth choir at St. Bethel Baptist Church.
Brunson was born on June 28, 1929, [1] in Chicago, Illinois. [2] His father was a stockyard worker, while his mother was a music and religion teacher. [2] After he graduated from McKinley High School, [3] he pursued a career in music by getting trained by Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, and Robert Johnson, to hone his craft in the arts. [2]
He also wrote and recorded "Right Now if you Believe" with Chicago Mass Choir. Bishop White is known most for being the head songwriter and director for Institutional Radio Choir and leader of the JC White Singers (Anderson 102). [3] He led the choir from 1954-1979, premiering with the choir on Shirley Caesar's debut album "My Testimony" and "I ...
Linda Blackford: Chicago alum and Lexington opera singer Michael Preacely to make our arts landscape even better with new children’s choir.
Bryan Andrew Wilson (born November 3, 1983) is an American gospel musician.He calls his music "spiritual soul" because it combines the passion of faith with the sound of R&B. Wilson began his career as a child gospel star, belting out "His Eye is on the Sparrow" with the Mississippi Children's Choir in the 1990s.
Peter Paul Cetera Jr. (/ s ə ˈ t ɛr ə / sə-TERR-ə; born September 13, 1944) [1] is a retired American musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985.