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Biography
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Bessie Griffin
Effective period / Period of releases: 1961 - 2000
b : 1922 in New Orleans (USA)d : 1989
Contralto gospel singer, first with the Southern Harps in 1942.
She moves to Chicago in 1951 and meet Mahalia Jackson and join in 1953 the Caravans.
Back in New Orleans, she's singing with Professor Alex Bradford in 1958.
In 60s, she's the first artist to sing gospel in Hollywood night-clubs.
She's touring in Africa and Europe in 70s.