Book profiles Gay sisters, an overlooked Chicago gospel trio who played with Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke
If you name any gospel music star of the mid-20th century, Gregory Donald Gay probably has a story about them.His family was visited by singer Clara Ward, who would pull her 1957 Chrysler limousine into the driveway of their Woodlawn home.As a starstruck teenager, he sang before the “father of gospel music,” Thomas A. Dorsey.At 5 years old, he witnessed icon Mahalia Jackson having a fit backstage at Carnegie Hall after Ward’s group — particularly Marion Williams —brought the house down.“She…
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