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  1. Feb 9, 2024 · 1. Mahalia Jackson. 2. Rev. James Cleveland. 3. Pastor Shirley Ceaser. 4. Ricky Dillard. 5. Donald Lawrence. 6. Kirk Franklin. 7. Marvin Sapp.

  2. Feb 9, 2024 · Gospel music as we know it today remains a sacred part of Black History and continues unifying congregations worldwide. Below are 21 Black gospel artists who have significantly impacted the genre and its history over the last 50 years.

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  4. Mar 7, 2020 · According to her biography, Mahalia Jackson, born Oct. 26, 1911 in New Orleans, La., is known as the “Queen of Gospel,” and is revered as one of the greatest musical figures in U.S. history ...

  5. Black Gospel Artist Highlights. Mahalia Jackson. Shirley Caesar. The Dixie Hummingbirds. Kirk Franklin. The Mighty Clouds of Joy. The Winans. The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama. The Soul Stirrers. The Fairfield Four. Golden Gate Quartet. Edwin Hawkins. Walter Hawkins. Albertina Walker. The Williams Brothers. Tramaine Hawkins. Donnie McClurkin.

    • Hezekiah Walker. Bishop Hezekiah Walker is the founder and Senior Pastor of the Love Fellowship Tabernacle church (LFC) with locations in Brooklyn, NY, Bensalem, PA, Long Island, NY, Lilburn, GA and Columbia, SC.
    • Mary Mary. Sisters Erica and Tina Atkins make up the duo known to the world as Mary Mary. These ladies have won awards from BET, the Doves, the Grammys, the NAACP, Soul Train and the Stellars.
    • Donald Lawrence. Grammy Award-winning producer, composer and recording artist Donald Lawrence has spent the past 20 years giving us music to love. He's been the driving force behind the Tri-City Singers (made up of singers from the Carolina cities of Charlotte, Gastonia and Spartanburg) and The Co.
    • Kirk Franklin. Since 1993, the name Kirk Franklin has been synonymous with Urban Gospel music. He has won 3 Grammy Awards, 14 Doves, 33 Stellars and 3 NAACP Image Awards.
  6. The Clark Sisters, 1981. Similarly to the Hawkins and Winans families of the time, the Clark family has held a grip on the gospel community beginning in the 1960s with their mother Mattie Moss Clarke and continuing into today with Kierra Sheard, daughter of Karen Clark Sheard. In “You Brought the Sunshine”, the family provides angelic ...

  7. 1. Donnie McClurkin grew up in a home filled with domestic and drug abuse. McClurkin began to play the piano and sing in the church youth choir after his aunt adopted him. He worked as an associate minister in 1989, the same year he battled leukemia. McClurkin is a recognized gospel singer, continuing to tour and sing at various churches.

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