Remembering “the Queen of Soul”…
Gospel Music
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The esteemed gospel group won four Grammy Awards.
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Left-handed guitarist was a flamboyant showman…
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Yvonne Staples sang on many of the group’s hit songs including “I’ll Take You There.”
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Best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day”
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Singer and actress Linda Hopkins won a 1972 Tony Award for the musical “Inner City.”
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Joe Ligon was the energetic founder and lead singer of the three-time Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy.
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News Obituaries
Ruby Wilson (1948 – 2016), singer known as the Queen of Beale Street
by Legacy StaffRuby Wilson, the singer known as the Queen of Beale Street, died Aug. 12, 2016, according to multiple news sources. She was 68. Wilson’s manager, Rollin Riggs of the Resource …
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His work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as “The Lion King.”
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Keyboardist Billy Preston could play it all—gospel and rock, classical and punk, show tunes, country, blues and funk—and he did just that, either on his own or alongside some of …