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Albertina Walker
American singer (1929-2010)
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Kim Burrell
American musician
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Thomas Whitfield
American gospel singer
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Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
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Mississippi Mass Choir
musical artist
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Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
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Walter Hawkins
American musician
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Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)
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Yolanda Adams
American gospel singer and actress
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Marvin Winans
American singer
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Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
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Richard Smallwood
American singer
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Kirk Franklin
American musician
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Tramaine Hawkins
American gospel singer
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Solomon Burke
American singer
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Cissy Houston
American singer
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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The Clark Sisters
American gospel vocal group
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Stefanie Minatee
American singer/songwriter, recording artist and minister
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Roberta Martin
American musician
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Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
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Al Green
American singer
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Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
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Ledisi
American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress.
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Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
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PJ Morton
American musician
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James Moore
gospel artist, born 1956
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Kristle Murden
American singer-songwriter
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The Davis Sisters
American gospel group, founded in 1945
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Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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The Barrett Sisters
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Inez Andrews
American singer
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Edwin Hawkins
American musician
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Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Kurt Carr
American musician
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Franklin Delano Williams
American gospel singer
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Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
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Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
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Cynthia Clawson
American musician
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Youthful Praise
youthful exuberance
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The Fairfield Four
American gospel vocal group
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Dottie Peoples
American musician
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Twinkie Clark
American musician
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Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
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Patti LaBelle
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Stevie Wonder
American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
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Karen Clark Sheard
American musician and songwriter
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Freddie Jackson
American singer
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Sandra Crouch
American musician
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Byron Cage
American musician
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Cassietta George
American musician
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The Blackwood Brothers
American southern gospel quartet
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Terry Dexter
American singer
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Brian McKnight
American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and R&B musician
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Vickie Winans
American singer and songwriter
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Miki Howard
American singer, actress
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Aaron Neville
American musician
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Randy Travis
American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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Billy Preston
American musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel (1946-2006)
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B.Slade
American singer-songwriter
