1. This Detroit born psalmist, singer, director, keyboardist, arranger, producer, composer and gospel music legend was affectionately known as “The Maestro

2. This iconic gospel quartet from Detroit pioneered the contemporary gospel sound with the cross-over hit, “The Question Is.”

3. This Detroit born singer and actress was a member of the Meditation Singers, one of the premier female gospel groups of the 1950’s.

4. Although born in Chicago, this legendary singer, songwriter, and pianist was a Music Minister in Detroit throughout the 1960’s, and in 1968 founded the Gospel Music Workshop of America, with the inaugural national convention convening at historic King Solomon Church in Detroit.

5. This father of gospel music, was a gifted composer of such classics as “Precious Lord, Take My Hand,” and was the first black man in America to start a black-owned music publishing company.

6. This legendary Detroiter, singer, composer, director, and founder of a Conservatory of Music, recorded or produced over 30 albums in her lifetime. Her legacy lives on through her talented daughters and grandchildren.

7. Born in Monroe, GA, at the age of 8, this singer moved to Detroit where she sang in the church choir at Polk Street Church of God in Christ. After she went on to record a string of gospel hits in the mid-1970’s, including “(He Keeps Doing) Great Things,” In 1978 Record World magazine named her “Top Female Gospel Artist.”

8. This singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist, was both a successful blues artist and Gospel music’s biggest star in the 1930’s and 1940’s.