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THE LEGACY OF REV. JAMES MOORE
JAMES MOORE BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORDING CAREER AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD IN CHICAGO AS A SUCCESS STORY OF THE Gospel Music Workshop of America FOUNDED BY THE LATE REV. JAMES CLEVELAND, HE ALSO RECORDED FOR A RECORD LABEL IN CHICAGO.
STELLA GOSPEL MUSIC AWARD , DOVE MUSIC AWARD AND GRAMMY MUSIC AWARD ARE ONLY SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO LIST THE EXCELLENCE OF REV. MOORE'S TALENT. HIS ALBUMS TOP THE CHARTS OF BILLBOARD MAGAZINE HOLDING THE #1 POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF FAME. APPEARING ON MANY RECORDINGS WITH DIFFERENT SINGERS, HIS INITIAL STARDOM WAS GAINED WHILE SINGING WITH THE MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR. REV. MOORE ALSO APPEARED IN THE STAGEPLAY "WHY GOOD GIRLS LIKE BAD BOYS"
BESIDES HIS NATURALLY AWESOME VOICE, HE WAS ALSO A WONDERFUL MUSICIAN AND SONGWRITER. INSPIRED AND ASSISTED IN HIS LIFE AND CAREER DURING THE EARLY YEARS, DR. MATTIE MOSS CLARK AND ELMA HENDRICKS WERE THE SHINING LIGHTS THAT HELPED HIM SEE HIS WAY. THROUGH THE YEARS MANY OTHERS HELPED HIM ALONG THE WAY, BUT INITIALLY THE LATE BISHOP J.O. PATTERSON AND REV. CHARLES NICKS BELIEVED IN HIS TALENT AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO USE THE GIFTS
GOD HAD BLESSED HIM WITH.
EVEN IN HIS CRITICAL HEAlTH STATE WITH A WEAKENING VOICE, HIS FAITHFULLNESS AND DEDICATION TO HIS MUSIC MINISTRY KEPT HIM
TRYING TO DO THE BEST HE COULD ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END.
GOD DEVELOPED HIM INTO SOMEONE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY.
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