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The Original Gospel Harmonettes

Known as a perfect influence by a minimum of Small Richard, the Birmingham, AL-based Original Gospel Harmonettes had been among the best & most successful feminine gospel sets of the 1950s. These were led by soloist Dorothy Like Coates, who also made up a lot of their best-known choices, and …

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Dorothy Love Coates

Possibly the most underrated gospel vocalist and songwriter of black gospel’s golden age, Dorothy Love Coates symbolized, in what of Craig Werner’s A BIG CHANGE Is Gonna Come: Music, Race as well as the Soul of America, “the very best of what the first ’60s offered: a style of call …

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