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Cleveland, James

LC control no.n 91043355
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LC classificationML410.C66 Biography in music
Personal name headingCleveland, James
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See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Gospel Music Workshop of America
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Founded corporate body of person: Southern California Community Choir
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1931-12-05
Death date1991-02-09
Place of birthChicago (Ill.)
Place of deathCulver City (Calif.)
AffiliationCornerstone Institutional Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Profession or occupationGospel musicians Composers Singers Pianists Clergy
Found inNorwood, D. Dorothy Norwood & friends [SR] p1986: container (Rev. James Cleveland)
Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Cleveland, James Edward; b. Dec. 5, 1931, Chicago, Ill., d. Feb. 9, 1991, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Grove music online, Aug. 19, 2007: Cleveland, James L. [sic] p. (b. Chicago, 5 Dec. 1932; d. Los Angeles, 9 Feb. 1991; American gospel singer, composer and pianist; he issued more than 50 albums, was awarded six gold records and two Grammy awards and established the Gospel Music Workshop of America in August 1968. From 1971 until his death he served as pastor of the Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church, Los Angeles)
OCLC, Aug. 19, 2007 (hdg.: Cleveland, James; usage: James Cleveland; Rev. James Cleveland)
Wikipedia, November 8, 2018 (James Cleveland; born James Edward Cleveland, December 5, 1931, Chicago, Illinois, died February 9, 1991, Culver City, California; gospel singer, musician, and composer; founder of Southern California Community Choir, as well as Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church; co-founder, with Albertina Walker, of the Gospel Music Workshop of America)