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Dorothy Love Coates (née McGriff; January 30, 1928 – April 9, 2002) was an American gospel singer.
Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes - 99 and a Half Won't Do. "Coates rose to stardom in the 1950s as a member of The Original Gospel Harmonettes. With her "raggedy" voice...
12 de abr. de 2002 · Dorothy Love Coates, a gospel singer whose gruff delivery and blazing theatrics made her one of the giants of the genre, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Birmingham, Ala., where she lived most of...
Real Name: Dorothy Lee McGriff Love Coates. Profile: Born : January 30, 1928 in Birmingham (USA) Died : April 9, 2002 due to heart failure, in Birmingham (USA) Coates was an American Gospel Singer who rose to stardom in the 1950s as a member of The Original Gospel Harmonettes.
1 de dic. de 2013 · Dorothy Love Coates was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and composer. She was born Dorothy McGriff on January 30, 1928, in Birmingham, Alabama. Her minister father, Lillar McGriff, moved to the North when Coates was six, and her parents soon divorced.
No other group associated with gospel music’s so-called Golden Age (1945–1960) sang with more urgency than the Original Gospel Harmonettes, led by powerhouse vocalist Dorothy Love Coates.
They were led by soloist Dorothy Love Coates, who also composed many of their best-known selections, and their music transcended its spiritual foundations to appeal to a secular world on the threshold of the civil rights era.
