‘He was a motivator, an innovator’: The Chicago pastor who helped Aretha Franklin find her voice

“Music will save your life,” said Rev James Cleveland to Aretha Franklin, who was just nine when her mother died of a heart attack in 1952. The Chicago pastor and gospel musician sat before a piano with the future star, teaching her some of her first gospel songs. She would come to see him as […]
Edwin Hawkins dead: Gospel star known for ‘Oh Happy Day’ dies aged 74

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