After hearing the voice of God during a college exam, Shirley Caesar (born 1938) believed it was her duty to spread the Gospel.
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This "calling" has developed into 150 concerts per year, volunteer work for the poor, numerous Grammy awards, and over 30 record albums.
The tenth of 12 children, Shirley Caesar was born October 13, 1938.
Her father James was a tobacco worker who was well-known in the Carolinas as the lead singer in a gospel quartet, the Just Came Four. Shirley began singing with the group at age ten. In 1951, at thirteen, she recorded her first song "I'd Rather Have Jesus." While still in high school, she toured throughout the Carolinas.
Her determination took Shirley to North Carolina Central College where she studied business education.
She has said that she got the call to God's work in the middle of a typing test. According to Kim Hubbard of People, she h