October
2007: Aaron Beasley of The Evereadys died in Detroit, MI.
3rd
1946: Mahalia Jackson records "I Want To Rest."
4th
1945: Clifton Davis is born, Chicago, Ill.
Joseph "Jo-Jo" Wallace of the Sensational Nightingales is born.
Marvin Reed of the Evereadys is born in Detroit, MI.
5th
Sam Walker is born
1890: Bishop Ford Washington McGee is born.
2003: Lee Cloud of The Northernaires dies in Brooklyn, NY.
6th
1871: The Fisk Jubilee Singers debut
7th
1929: Louis Johnson of the Swan Silvertones is born.
8th
Rev. Rodney Mills is born
1926: Rev. J.C. Burnette records "The Gospel Train Is Leaving."
2001: Henry Bossard bass singer for the Swan Silvertones dies.
9th
1973: Sister Rosetta Tharpe died in Philadelphia, PA.
10th
Clarence Conner, of The Gospel Incredibles, was born in McClellanville, SC
1984: Joseph Johnson lead singer of the CBS Trumpeteers dies.
1997: Gospel Music's Hall of Fame inducts first artists
2007: Rev. C. L. Fairchild dies.
11th
1936: Joe Ligon of The Mighty Clouds of Joy is born in Troy, AL.
1994: Sister Lola Pugh of The Consolers died
in Miami, FL.2008: Russell Wright of Troy Ramey & The Soul Searchers died in Atlanta, GA.
2008: Rev. Wesley Woods of The Hebrews Gospel Singers of Houston, TX died.
12th
2007: John Smith of the Traveling Stars of Memphis, Tennessee died.
13th
1938: Shirley Caesar is born in Durham NC.
14th
2007: Professor Leon Lumpkins, founder of The Gospel Clefs, died in East Orange, NJ.17th
2002: Paul Owens of The Dixie Hummingbirds dies in Philadelphia, PA.
18th
2003: Rev. Willie Morganfield Pastor and famed soloist dies
19th
1925: Archie Brownlee is born in Turrell, AR.
20th
Willie Mitchell of the Messengers is born
1963: Zack Austin, lead guitarist for the Gospel Legends and former lead guitarist for Doc McKenzie & The Hi-Lites, is born.
21st
1976: Dorothy Pearson dies in Philadelphia, PA
22nd
1955: Roger Lee Bryant of the Jackson Southernaires is born in Detroit, Michigan.
John Whitmore of the Gospel Four is born
1973: Minister Tyrone Lindsey of The Windy City SpiritualaireS is born in
Lexington, MS.
2006: Paul Arnold, 2nd lead singer of The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio, died in Dayton, Ohio.
23rd
2000: Johnny Jones of the Swanee Quintet dies.
25th
1991: Daniel "Scotty" Scott of the Supreme Angels dies.
2009: Chequita Lumzy of the Lumzy Sisters died in New Brunswick, NJ.
26th
1899: Mary Johnson Davis is born, Pittsburgh, PA
1911: Mahalia Jackson is born, New Orleans, LA.
1914: Rev. Claude Jeter of the Swan Silvertones is born, Montgomery, Ala.
27th
1939: Golden Eagle Gospel Singers record "Warrior on the Battlefield"
Evangelist Mona Austin of Columbia, SC is born.
28th
Larry Moore of the Sensational Nightingales is born.
29th
1902: The Dinwiddie Quartet cuts the first gospel record.
30th
1992: James Walker of The Dixie Hummingbirds died.
31st
1896: Ethel Waters is born, Chester, PA.
2007: Kenneth Harris of Karen Washington & The Singing Stars died.
Did you know that the late Thermon Ruth who passed September 2002 was the first promoter to bring major gospel artists tot he famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem?
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