Ocupation: Singer-songwriter
Life: February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003
Birthday: February 26
Death: September 12
Gospel music was the thing that inspired me as a child growing up on a cotton farm, where work was drudgery and it was so hard that when I was in the field I sang all the time. Usually gospel songs because they lifted me up above that black dirt.
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topic: Song, Children, Growing Up, Children Growing Up, Gospel Music, Gospel Songs, Growing Children