Caesar, Shirley

Born on October 13, 1938, in Durham, North Carolina, to the union of James and Hallie Martin Caesar, Shirley was one of thirteen children. By the age of eight, Shirley was singing with siblings Joyce, Anne, and Solomon as the Caesar Singers . Her passion for gospel music, her big voice, and her electrifying and energetic style of presentation were inherited from her father, who sang with the Just Come Four Quartet and passed away in the same year she...