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She began singing with the Gospel Harmonettes— then known as the Gospel Harmoneers— in the early 1940s. On September 9, 1944, She married Willie Love of The Fairfield Four, one of the most popular quartets of the early years of gospel, but divorced him shortly thereafter. On September 24, 1959, She married Carl Coates of the Sensational ...
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Dec 1, 2013 · Dorothy Love Coates was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and composer. She was born Dorothy McGriff on January 30, 1928, in Birmingham, Alabama . Her minister father, Lillar McGriff, moved to the North when Coates was six, and her parents soon divorced. Thereafter, Lillar McGriff raised their six children in Birmingham.
Apr 12, 2002 · Dorothy Love Coates, a gospel singer whose gruff delivery and blazing theatrics made her one of the giants of the genre, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Birmingham, Ala., where she lived...
Dorothy Love Coates (born Dorothy McGriff on January 30, 1928 in Birmingham; died April 9, 2002 in Birmingham) was an influential gospel singer who rose to stardom in the 1950s as a member of the Gospel Harmonettes.
Dorothy Love Coates. No other group associated with gospel music’s so-called Golden Age (1945–1960) sang with more urgency than the Original Gospel Harmonettes, led by powerhouse vocalist Dorothy Love Coates.
Dorothy Love Coates. Birmingham native Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) was a well-known gospel singer and composer who sang with the Original Gospel Harmonettes during the 1940s and 1950s. Courtesy of The Birmingham News. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Photograph by Jerry Ayres.
