While it was Thomas Dorsey who first created the gospel choir, it was under the direction of
James Cleveland
, often tagged the “Crown Prince of Gospel Music,
” that the choir really came into its own. His enthusiasm in organising mass gospel choirs drew hundreds of young people into the movement.
In 1960, Cleveland brought together the
Voices of Tabernacle
, a 100-voice choir, and with it recorded his first instant hit, “The Love of God.
” Subsequent recording hits...