CLEVELAND, JAMES. Gospel singer ( in Chicago, Illinois). He was a boy soprano and began singing in church choirs at an early age. When he was eight years old he attracted wide attention when he sang a solo with the choir of Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist Church, directed by Thomas A. Dorsey. Later he sang in the church's junior choir. He taught himself to play piano, studied gospel piano with (Little
) Lucy Smith (organist for the
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