Eva Mae LeFevre
From the 1920s through the 1970s, the LeFevre family was one of the best-known acts performing southern gospel music.
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Almeta Ingram Miller
Almeta Ingram Miller continues her mother’s legacy of music, ministry and service leading The Legendary Ingramettes.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American rock and gospel singer, songwriter and guitarist
Aretha Franklin
The “Queen of Soul”, twice named the greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone
Dottie Peoples
Gospel singer and songwriter Dottie Peoples is one of Georgia’s most renowned figures in Christian music. Hailed as the “Songbird of the South” by the late radio host Esmond J. Patterson, Peoples has been compared to gospel and rhythm-and-blues artists Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle.
Precious Bryant
A charismatic country blues singer and fingerstyle guitarist of the Piedmont tradition, Precious Bryant stands out among Georgia’s great blueswomen.
Willie Mae Ford Smith
African-American gospel singer and evangelist
Zilla Mays
Gospel and R&B singer and popular radio DJ
Shirley Caesar
The “First Lady of Gospel,” she has received 10 Grammy Awards, 12 Stellar Awards, and 17 Dove Awards, but her commitment to her church remains paramount. Of her call to the ministry, she said, “I am called to be a preacher-evangelist first, and a singer second.”
Viola Gertrude Wells
Viola Gertrude Wells Evans was a popular singer specializing in gospel, blues, and jazz music.