Thomas Anthony Whitfield (April 30, 1954 – June 20, 1992) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, choir director and producer best known for helping to shape the fabric of contemporary gospel music with his elaborate choral arrangements and the merging of musical styles ranging from jazz to classical into traditional gospel foundations. This style earned him the respectable title of "Maestro" by many of his colleagues and supporters. He was best known for organizing one of the popular contemporary gospel choirs of all time, the Thomas Whitfield Company, and for producing best-selling records for Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams, Douglas Miller, Keith Pringle, Paul Morton and for Aretha Franklin.
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Vanessa Bell Armstrong
American singer
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James Cleveland
American musician
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Twinkie Clark
American musician
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Richard Smallwood
American singer
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Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)
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Daryl Coley
American musician
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The Clark Sisters
American gospel vocal group
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Yolanda Adams
American gospel singer and actress
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J. Moss
American musician
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The Davis Sisters
American gospel group, founded in 1945
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Eliot Kennedy
British songwriter and record producer
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Donald Lawrence
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Lanny Wolfe
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Doris Akers
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Larnelle Harris
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BeBe Winans
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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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Byron Cage
American musician
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Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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Tramaine Hawkins
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Walter Hawkins
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Paul S. Morton
American bishop
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Jennifer Holliday
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Albertina Walker
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Edwin Hawkins
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Terry Dexter
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Vickie Winans
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Kurt Carr
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Donny Hathaway
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Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Anointed
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Hezekiah Walker
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Keith Thomas
American record producer
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Kirk Franklin
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CeCe Winans
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Tamela Mann
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Karen Clark Sheard
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Damita
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Marvin Winans
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Four Tops
American Motown vocal group