Dorothy Norwood (born May 29, 1935) is an American gospel singer and songwriter. She began touring with her family at the age of eight, and in 1956, began singing with Mahalia Jackson. In the early 1960s she was a member of The Caravans, and in 1964, she embarked on a solo career, recording her first album, Johnny and Jesus. Her 1991 album Live with the Northern California GMWA Mass Choir reached the Number 1 position on Billboard′s Top Forty.

References

Dorothy Norwood

Info Update at Malaco Records 'Last Soul Company' blogsite

External links

Dorothy Norwood bio at Artist Direct website

Dorothy Norwood's Official website

Norwood at Allmusic.com

1935 births

Living people

Writers from Atlanta

American gospel singers

Singers from Atlanta

African-American Christians

20th-century African-American women singers

21st-century American singers

20th-century American singers

20th-century American women singers

21st-century American women singers

21st-century African-American women singers

Dorothy Norwood