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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Dorothy Morrison

Lead vocalist for the Edwin Hawkins Singers, Morrison won a Grammy in 1970 with "Oh Happy Day". She appeared in concert with Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs, and Delaney and Bonnie, and on TV shows Soul Train, Carol Burnett, Dance Party and The Tonight Show. She was also in the documentary Celebration at Big Sur singing "All God's Children Got Soul".

Morrison was born in Longview on May 8, 1945 and was raised in Oakland, California where she currently lives.



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