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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Mitty Collier”

Turning Gospel classics into R&B classics

Robert Marovich January 7, 2019Blog, Home Row 2

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 …

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A conversation with Pastor Mitty Collier

Alex Lewis December 4, 2018Blog, Home Row 2, Read

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 …

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