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Candi Staton

Blessed March 13, 1940, in Hanceville, AL, Candi Stanton sang using the Jewell Gospel Trio as an adolescent. They toured the original gospel circuit in the 1950s using the Spirit Stirrers, C.L. Franklin, and Mahalia Jackson. They documented several edges for Nashboro, Apollo, and Savoy Information between 1953 and 1963. …

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