Sweet Inspirations

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American musical group gospel group soul music group vocal group

Sweet Inspirations was an American female gospel and soul vocal group best known for backing artists like Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley in the 1960s and 1970s.

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instanceOf American musical group →
gospel group →
soul music group →
vocal group →
activePeriod 1960s →
1970s →
associatedAct Aretha Franklin →
Atlantic Records →
Elvis Presley →
backedArtist Aretha Franklin →
Dusty Springfield →
Elvis Presley →
Jimi Hendrix →
Van Morrison →
Wilson Pickett →
basedIn New York City →
collaborationPeriodWithElvisPresley 1969–1977 →
collaborationRoleWithArethaFranklin studio and live backing vocal group →
collaborationRoleWithElvisPresley touring backing vocal group →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
debutAlbum Sweet Inspirations →
surface form: "Sweet Inspirations (album)"
formedAs studio backing group →
genre R&B →
gospel →
soul →
influencedGenre gospel →
soul →
languageOfPerformance English →
memberOf Cissy Houston →
Estelle Brown →
Myrna Smith →
Sylvia Shemwell →
musicalRole backing vocalists →
musicalStyle vocal harmony →
notableFor backing vocals for Aretha Franklin →
backing vocals for Elvis Presley →
notableSong Sweet Inspirations →
surface form: "Sweet Inspiration"
notableWork Sweet Inspirations →
surface form: "Sweet Inspirations (album)"
recordLabel Atlantic Records →
vocalType female vocal group →
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Sweet Inspirations → debutAlbum → Sweet Inspirations →
this entity surface form: "Sweet Inspirations (album)"
Cissy Houston → memberOf → Sweet Inspirations →
Sweet Inspirations → notableSong → Sweet Inspirations →
this entity surface form: "Sweet Inspiration"
Sweet Inspirations → notableWork → Sweet Inspirations →
this entity surface form: "Sweet Inspirations (album)"
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