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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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The Barrett Sisters
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Zella Jackson Price
American gospel singer
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Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Brother Joe May
singer
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Dorothy Love Coates
American musician
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James Cleveland
American musician
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Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
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Roberta Martin
American musician
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The Roberta Martin Singers
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Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
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Bessie Griffin
American singer (1922–1989)
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Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Jennifer Holliday
American actress and singer
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Elder Charles D. Beck
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Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Albertina Walker
American singer (1929-2010)
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Arnold Moore
American singer
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Doris Akers
Music composer, arranger and singer
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Lorez Alexandria
American musician
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Fontella Bass
American singer
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Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Jeanie Tracy
American musician
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Cissy Houston
American singer
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Anna King
American musician
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Solomon Burke
American singer
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Pearl Bailey
American singer
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Rose Marie McCoy
American songwriter
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Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Beverly Crawford
African American gospel vocalist
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Stella Parton
country singer
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Barbara Dane
American singer
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Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
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Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
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Marion Williams
American singer
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Martha Reeves
American singer and politician
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Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
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The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
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The 5th Dimension
American popular music vocal group
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Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Jocelyn Brown
American musician
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Mitty Collier
American musician
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Charles Davis Tillman
American singer
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The Davis Sisters
American gospel group, founded in 1945
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Rosetta Howard
American blues singer
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Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
