He Answered the Call
We'll always love the incomparable Andraé Crouch.
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He Answered the Call: The Andraé Crouch Era - There's absolutely no mistaking Andraé Crouch's incomparable style and talent. For over five decades, the gospel great has both strengthened and expanded the genre of Gospel music. There was/ and still is no one like him. (Photo: Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)
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Destined for Music - At the age of eleven, Crouch — urged by the congregation where his father was the guest preacher — walked to the piano, finding the key in which the congregation was singing and sparking a talent he didn't know existed.(Photo: Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)
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Who Does This? - At the tender age of fourteen, Crouch wrote his first gospel song, unveiling his renowned talent to the world.(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Between Me and Thee - In 1960, Crouch formed his first group, The Church of God in Christ Singers, in order to have the music he wrote heard. The group went on record their first track, "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power," which eventually became a standard hymnal in churches around the country. (Photo: John M. Heller/Getty Images)
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Greater and Greater - Soon after forming The Church of God in Christ Singers, The Disciples were formed. The group appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1972 and performed for sold-out crowds at Carnegie Hall in 1975 and 1979.(Photo: Reggie Collier / WENN)
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