The Drinkard Singers

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gospel group musical ensemble

The Drinkard Singers were an influential American gospel group from Newark, New Jersey, known for their powerful harmonies and for launching the careers of several prominent soul and gospel artists.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Drinkard Singers canonical	20
Drinkard Singers	2
The Gospelaires	2
Ward Singers	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gospel group ⓘ musical ensemble ⓘ
activeIn	church-based gospel circuits ⓘ
associatedWith	New Hope Baptist Church, Newark, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: New Hope Baptist Church, Newark
basedIn	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Newark, New Jersey
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	Christian music ⓘ gospel ⓘ
hasMember	Anne Drinkard Moss ⓘ Cissy Houston ⓘ Cissy Houston ⓘ surface form: Emily Drinkard (Cissy Houston) Larry Drinkard ⓘ Lee Drinkard Warwick ⓘ surface form: Lee Drinkard Warrick Marie Drinkard Epps ⓘ Nicky Drinkard ⓘ William Drinkard ⓘ
hasMusicalRole	vocal ensemble ⓘ
hasNotableRelativeGroup	The Sweet Inspirations ⓘ
hasReputation	one of the important family-based gospel groups of the 20th century ⓘ
heritage	African-American gospel tradition ⓘ
influenced	Cissy Houston ⓘ Dee Dee Warwick ⓘ Dionne Warwick ⓘ Whitney Houston ⓘ
influencedGenre	contemporary gospel ⓘ soul music ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
notableFor	influential role in American gospel music ⓘ launching the careers of several soul and gospel artists ⓘ powerful vocal harmonies ⓘ
notableWork	A Joyful Noise (album) ⓘ
originatedIn	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Newark, New Jersey
partOf	Drinkard family musical tradition ⓘ
performanceContext	church services ⓘ gospel concerts ⓘ
performingPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
vocalStyle	call and response ⓘ close harmony ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cissy Houston → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Dee Dee Warwick → performedWith → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Gospelaires

Dee Dee Warwick → performedWith → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Delia Juanita Warrick → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Gospelaires

Emily Drinkard → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Emily Drinkard → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Lee Drinkard Warwick → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drinkard Singers

A Joyful Noise (album) → performer → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

A Joyful Noise (album) → artist → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

A Joyful Noise (album) → recordedBy → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

The Sweet Inspirations → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Cissy Houston discography → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Savoy Records → recordedArtist → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ward Singers

Nicky Drinkard → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Nicky Drinkard → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Marie Dionne Warrick → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

subject surface form: Dionne Warwick

Marie Dionne Warrick → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

subject surface form: Dionne Warwick

this entity surface form: Drinkard Singers

Marie Drinkard Epps → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Marie Drinkard Epps → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Anne Drinkard Moss → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Anne Drinkard Moss → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Larry Drinkard → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

Larry Drinkard → associatedAct → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ

William Drinkard → memberOf → The Drinkard Singers ⓘ