Alex Bradford - Gospel Music AnthologyThe highly influential gospel composer, singer, arranger and choir director, Professor Alex Bradford, helped initiate the modern mass choir movement in gospel and had a profound influence on a diverse group of artists such as Bob Marley, Little Richard and Ray Charles, who adopted many of Bradford's vocal and stage mannerisms. Bradford was not only a supremely gifted singer with an impressive vocal range; he was also one of the best songwriters of the

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