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Legendary Gospel Singer Richard Smallwood Passes Away at 77
31 Dec 2025 02:28 GMT
By De’Shane Frye
NDG Contributing Writer
The music world mourns the loss of gospel legend Richard Smallwood, who passed away in the early morning hours of Dec. 8, 2025 at the age of 77 due to kidney failure. Smallwood, an 8-time Grammy nominee, was widely …
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Billboard-Charting Singer Jamel Strong Signs New Record Deal and Returns with New Anthem ‘Bigger, Better, Greater’
01 Dec 2025 18:58 GMT
… Jamel Strong, the Billboard-charting Singer and critically acclaimed Songwriter has … about the Pastor, Gospel Artist, Singer and Songwriter:
Jamel Strong Biography … and the Clark Sisters, Bishop Walter Hawkins, Timothy Wright, The Anointed Pace …
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Richard Smallwood, ‘Total Praise’ writer, dies at 77
05 Jan 2026 19:43 GMT
Richard Smallwood, a singer and pianist best known for … taught in high school by singer-pianist Roberta Flack. Before founding … to gospel composers Edwin and Walter Hawkins.
“I think any music that …
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‘It hurts listening to Whitney Houston – I knew her so well’: Mica Paris’s honest playlist
23 Nov 2025 09:09 GMT
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God Will Open Doors by Walter Hawkins. I grew up on the … have to be a great singer. I go for the funky … grandmother, babe. And a soul singer. They’re like: “What the …
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The Top 10 Best Gospel Artists and Best Gospel Songs
02 Nov 2025 16:35 GMT
… Award and Stellar Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and … Eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, arranger and … and Highly Favored.”
Gospel singer and four-time Grammy Award … younger brother, the late Walter Hawkins are the architects of …
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Houston voices sing praise of gospel music impact
18 Sep 2025 12:02 GMT
… myself, Never Alone by Walter Hawkins.
“So, what it … songwriter
James Fortune – Acclaimed singer and producer
Kim Burrell … Courtney Wilson – Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter
Kathy Taylor – … Moore – Grammy-nominated singer, featured on Houston Matters …
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Grammy-nominated artist Damion Murrill on his family's musical journey and empowering the next generation
18 Sep 2025 22:22 GMT
… J. R. Murrill, an amazing singer and choir director.
It was … musical luminaires including Kirk Franklin, Walter Hawkins, Karen Clark-Sheard, Mary Mary …
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Edwin Hawkins, gospel star and ‘Oh Happy Day’ singer, dead at 74
17 Jan 2018 19:16 GMT
NEW YORK — Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74.
Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, Calif. He had been suffering from …
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Edwin Hawkins, gospel singer behind Oh Happy Day, dies aged 74
16 Jan 2018 10:33 GMT
… recordings, although the choir backed singer-songwriter Melanie on her Top … run by his late brother Walter Hawkins. The pair performed together regularly …
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Edwin Hawkins, "Oh Happy Day" gospel singer, is dead at 74
15 Jan 2018 22:46 GMT
… the Associated Press that the singer died early Monday at his … Family. He and his brother, Walter Hawkins, who died in 2010, were …
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