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The Clark Sisters are a two-time Grammy Award winning, United States|American gospel music|gospel vocal group consisting of four sisters: Twinkie Clark|Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Jacky Clark Chisholm, Dorinda Clark Cole, and Karen Clark Sheard. A fifth member, Denise Clark Bradford, no longer performs with the group. The Clark Sisters are the daughters of gospel musician and choral director Mattie Moss Clark|Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. They are credited for helping to bring gospel music to the mainstream and are considered as pioneers of contemporary gospel.
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|Despite similarity in names, there is no connection with the 1940's/1950's jazz quartet "The Clark Sisters" (also known as The Sentimentalists when they recorded with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra).
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Biography
The early years
The Clark Sisters were born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. They each began singing at an early age and by the late 1960s they were all performing together in church services, usually singing songs written and arranged by their mother. A few years later, Dr. Mattie Moss Clark turned over control of the group to Twinkie, who would then go on to write, arrange, conduct and produc... read all