Ifedayo Gatling remembers when he met the teacher who would change his life, musician Eli "Paperboy" Reed. IFEDAYO GATLING: I was so nervous because there was this star quality about him. Like, ...

LOS ANGELES - Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as "The Lion King," has died. He was 72.

Gospel music has always played a big role in American culture. Now, the music's wide-ranging history is being celebrated at ...

Legendary gospel artist Andraé Crouch, who for over 50 years helped close the divide between gospel and mainstream music, died Jan. 8 at the age of 72. Crouch had been taken to Northridge Hospital ...

Bobby Womack, a prolific gospel-soul singer who also wrote songs recorded by the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, George Benson and others, died Friday. He was 70. A representative from his label, XL ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up marked his 70th birthday Sunday with gospel music and a balloon release outside his boyhood home. A small crowd attended the festivities ...