Lorna
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 | Subject: Gospel singer who performed with Elvis dies  Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:50 pm | |
| Not sure if any of you knew (I didn't) but Sherrill "Shaun" Nielsen, a gospel singer who performed with Elvis, died at age 68 of lung cancer on Friday. I didn't know much about Nielsen so here is a bit about how he met Elvis: In 1973, Sherrill took a new direction by moving to Nashville, TN to organize a gospel group that opened the show for Elvis Presley. Elvis' love for Sherrill's tenor voice and gospel music led him to claim the group as his own and Elvis named the group VOICE (after a name he saw on the cover of a religious periodical). According to Felton Jarvis, Elvis' producer, Sherrill was Elvis' favorite singer. In 1977, Elvis and Sherrill's duet, 'Softly As I Leave You' was nominated for a Grammy as duet of the year. Sherrill stayed with Elvis until Elvis' death in 1977. Our condolences go out to his family. | |
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Rossvegas
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| | Subject: Re: Gospel singer who performed with Elvis dies Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:18 pm | |
| omg thats so weird i was listening to that track to day thats suck a shame  | |
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val w (Kinky Boots)
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| | Subject: Re: Gospel singer who performed with Elvis dies Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:25 pm | |
| Sad news. Our condolences to his family. | |
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