Vinyl records

Bessie Griffin vinyl records

1 album with 10 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

b: 1922 in New Orleans (USA) d: 1989 Contralto gospel singer, first with the Southern Harps in 1942. In September 1949, Griffin signed an exclusive contract with the Sittin' In With label. In 1951, she moved to Chicago where she met Mahalia Jackson and joined The Caravans in 1953. Back in New Orleans, she sang with Professor Alex Bradford in 1958. In the 1960s, she was the first artist to sing gospel in Hollywood night clubs. She toured Africa and Europe in the 1970s.