LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as “The Lion King,” has died. He ...

LOS ANGELES — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as “The Lion King,” has died. He was 72.

Andraé Crouch, known as the Father of Modern Gospel, has died. The Grammy Award-winning musician wrote contemporary standards that bridged the black and white Christian communities. That's Andraé ...

Crouch's songs fueled the flames of my burning desire to become a gospel musician and songwriter. To me he was a musical genius who could arrange melodies to stir the soul and write lyrics to prick ...

Andrae Crouch helped create today's modern gospel sound. His new record, A Mighty Wind, celebrates the singer's four-decade career. Crouch spoke earlier with NPR's Ed Gordon, and said that on this ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seven-time Grammy-winning Gospel music singer, songwriter and arranger Andrae Crouch died on January 8 at a hospital in Northridge ...

Andrae Crouch worked on Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" He is one of a handful of Gospel artists with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Andrae Crouch, a ...