Birmingham native Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) was a well-known gospel singer and composer who sang

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Dorothy Love Coates

Birmingham native Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) was a well-known gospel singer and composer who sang with the Original Gospel Harmonettes during the 1940s and 1950s.