Dorothy Love Coates
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Dorothy Love Coates was an American gospel singer, composer and songwriter, and a civil rights activist.
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Coates in a recording session
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
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Sensational Nightingales
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The Sensational Nightingales are a traditional black gospel quartet that reached its peak of popularity in the 1950s, when it featured Julius Cheeks as its lead singer. The Nightingales, with several
Dorothy Love Coates
…quartets of the early years of gospel, but divorced him shortly thereafter. On September 24, 1959, she married Carl Coates, bassist and guitarist of the Sensational Nightingales. This marriage lasted until his death in 1999. Coates rose to stardom in the 1950s as a member of The Original Gospel Harmonettes. With her "raggedy…
Performing in November, 2006
The Sensational Nightingales publicity photo for Peacock Records