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An award-winning gospel group away of Canton, Mississippi who pioneered mixing traditional gospel with contemporary R&B and metropolitan elements, the Canton Spirituals were shaped in 1943 by Harvey Watkins, Sr., along with Reverend I.S. Watkins, Claude “Bubba” Nichols, Warren G. Ward, Isaac Bolton, Eddie Jackson, Theo Thompson, and Roscoe Lucious. …

Indianapolis-based family members gospel group the Williams Performers were first arranged by Rev. Charles D. Williams being a musical electric outlet for he and his youthful family. Originally known as the Christian Cavaliers, after that later transformed to the Williams Family members Performers, the early edition of the group performed …