| LC control no. | n 93091924 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.C945 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Crouch, Andraé |
| See also | Corporate body: Andrae Crouch Singers |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1942-07-01 |
| Death date | 2015-01-08 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Gospel music |
| Affiliation | Andrae Crouch Singers Disciples (Musical group) Berklee School of Music Slave Records |
| Profession or occupation | Gospel singers Composers Lyricists Actors Jazz singers Jazz musicians |
| Found in | His I'll be thinking of you [SR] p1979: label (Andraé Crouch) Southern, E. Bio. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians (Crouch, Andrae; b. July 1, 1942, Los Angeles, Calif.; gospel singer) Contemporary musicians: v. 9 (Crouch, Andraé; b. Andraé Edward Crouch, July 1, 1942, Los Angeles, CA; gospel singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer) New York times (online), viewed Jan. 13, 2015 (in obituary published Jan. 9: Andraé Crouch; b. Andraé Edward Crouch, July 1, 1942, San Francisco; d. Thursday [Jan. 8, 2015], Los Angeles, aged 72; singer and songwriter whose plaintive, passionate gospel songs knitted religious music to rhythm and blues, soul, and contemporary balladeering and found their way into mainstream pop music) African American National Biography, accessed January 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Crouch, Andrae Edward; stage, screen actor, composer, arranger, jazz singer, jazz musician. He was born 01 July 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States; achieved success with gospel music group Andrae Crouch and the Disciples recording best-selling albums such as Take Me Back, This Is Another Day, Soulfully, Keep On Singing, and Live in London (1960's); collaborated with Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and with Quincy Jones on the movie soundtrack for The Color Purple (1981); received great acclaim for solo album Mercy (1994); launched record company, Slave Records (1990's). He recieved an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music (1997); honors include Academy Award, two Grammy awards (1994), star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2004)) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 95036867 |
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