11 Facts About Milton Brunson

Milton R Brunson was an American gospel musician and former pastor and music director of Christ Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois.

Milton Brunson won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards, while he was nominated two other times.

Milton Brunson had ten albums that have charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart over the course of his career and some even after his death.

Milton Brunson received a nomination for the Best Gospel Album, Group or Choir at the 1988 Soul Train Music Awards and for Best Gospel Album at the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards.

Milton Brunson was born on June 28,1929, in Chicago, Illinois.

Milton Brunson's father was a stockyard worker, while his mother was a music and religion teacher.

Milton Brunson eventually became an ordained minister in 1964, and founded, pastored, and was the music director at Christ Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois.

Milton Brunson died at his residence in Chicago, Illinois on April 1,1997.

Milton Brunson is interred at Oakridge Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.

Milton Brunson's last album, When You Get High on Jesus, Oh My God, released in 1997 by Hob Records, was a posthumous release.

Milton Brunson has a post office branch and school named after him in Austin, Illinois, a neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.