Dorothy Love Coates

Dorothy Love Coates
Born: Jan 1, 1930 in Birmingham, AL
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Died: Apr 9, 2002 in Birmingham, AL
Genre: Gospel
Styles: Black Gospel, Traditional Gospel, Southern Gospel
Biography: Perhaps the most underrated gospel vocalist and songwriter of black gospel's golden age, Dorothy Love Coates represented, in the words of Craig Werner's A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race and the Soul of America, "the best of what the early '60s offered: a model of call and response rooted in an unflinching ...Read full biography
A City Built Four Square
Released: 1978
Label: Savoy
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Peace in the Valley
Released: 1963
Label: Vee-Jay
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More glorious singing from Dorothy and the group. ~ Opal Louis Nations, All Music Guide ...Read full review
More Dorothy Love Coates albums: Main Albums (11), Compilations (9)
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