Not only did R&B and soul artists borrow the sanctified sound and fervent emotion of gospel—sometimes they even borrowed the songs. In his autobiography Brother Ray, Ray Charles gave coauthor David Ritz a frank insight into his musical transformation from …
A conversation with Pastor Mitty Collier
Born in Birmingham, Alabaman, Mitty Collier was an R&B crooner. She sang to screaming audiences at the Apollo and her song “I Had a Talk with My Man” was top 10 on Billboard’s R&B chart. She had a number of …