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Albertina Walker, the Grammy-winning vocalist known around the world as the “Queen of Gospel” who helped launch some of the biggest names in traditional gospel through her vocal ensemble the Caravans, ...

Famed gospel singer Albertina Walker died this morning at the age of 81. Known to many as the “Queen of Gospel”, reps for the singer confirm that she died in her Chicago home early this morning. The ...

When Chicago gospel singer Albertina Walker sang in church, you believed the stained glass windows surely would shatter. Yet it wasn’t just Walker’s enormous contralto that made her the “Queen of ...

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CHICAGO — Albertina Walker, the Grammy-winning vocalist known around the world as the “Queen of Gospel” who helped launch some of the biggest names in traditional gospel through her vocal ensemble the ...

Albertina Walker, a gospel singer with a lush contralto voice whose group, the Caravans, recorded a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s and nourished the careers of such greats as the Rev. James ...

CHICAGO, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The Grammy-award winning "Queen of Gospel" -- Albertina Walker -- has died in Chicago, an associate said. Walker died Friday of respiratory complications at RML Specialty ...

Often dubbed the “Queen of Gospel,” vocalist Albertina Walker who spent six decades inspiring future gospel artists and inspiring legions of fans with songs like “Please Be Patient with Me,” “Lord ...