Jackie Verdell was an American gospel singer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
10 Facts About Jackie Verdell
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Ruth Davis was attending a broadcast at which Jackie was singing and the rest is gospel history.
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Several nights Jackie Verdell sang so hard she literally had a spot or two on her robe from peeing.
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Jackie Verdell signed with Houston-based Peacock Records, releasing three singles between 1961 and 1964.
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The Davis Sisters' recording session information in Gospel Records 1943 - 1969 suggests that Jackie Verdell was absent from the group during 1960 and 1961, returned in 1962 for further recordings on Savoy, was absent again in 1963, and then returned again in 1964 for more recordings on Savoy and RCA Records, apparently departing for good around 1966.
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Jackie Verdell appeared in the film documentary Save The Children; Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH exposition held in 1972 in Chicago.
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Jackie Verdell made her theatrical debut in the Alex Bradford play, Black Nativity and sang in the Broadway bound musical Don't Cry Mary.
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Viv Broughton's 1985 book Black Gospel: An Illustrated History Of The Gospel Sound stated, "Whereas Aretha Franklin lives in fabulous, if troubled, luxury - Jackie Verdell, who made the same move at the same time made nothing at all and is back singing gospel to a faintly suspicious audience".
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Jackie Verdell once complained to gospel maven Anthony Heilbut: "I'd like to be an evangelist, but these crooked promoters won't pay my money".
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Jackie Verdell died in August 1991, at the age of 53.