{"id":2124,"date":"2012-12-19T22:13:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T22:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2012-12-19T22:25:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T22:25:59","slug":"gospel-legend-inez-andrews-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybirminghamgospel.com\/staging\/9111\/gospel-legend-inez-andrews-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel legend Inez Andrews passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds0--><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pUJKGl1qGPg\" height=\"210\" width=\"374\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Birmingham native Inez Andrews reportedly passed away this afternoon after a long illness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/inez-andrewss-mn0000087804\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Inez Andrews&#8217;s<\/span><\/a> powerful contralto voice was among gospel&#8217;s greatest since her days with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-caravans-mn0000640338\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Caravans<\/span><\/a> in the late &#8217;50s. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/andrewss-mn0000087804\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Andrews&#8217;s<\/span><\/a> nickname, &#8220;Songbird,&#8221; was taken by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/don-robey-mn0000192354\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Don Robey<\/span><\/a> when he formed a gospel subsidiary label of his Backbeat\/Peacock operation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/andrews-mn0000087804\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Andrews<\/span><\/a> was among the first gospel artists he signed. She later recorded for Savoy and Spirit Feel. Her most recent release was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/raise-up-a-nation-mw0000676958\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Raise up a Nation<\/span><\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-thompson-community-singers-mn0000567413\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Thompson Community Singers<\/span><\/a> in 1991 for Word\/Epic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/headline-news-mw0000245332\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Headline News<\/span><\/a>, a collection of some of her finest solo work in the &#8217;70s, was released in 1999.<\/em> &#8211; Allmusic.com<\/span><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0--><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukYKKIvwjr0\" height=\"215\" width=\"370\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham native Inez Andrews reportedly passed away this afternoon after a long illness.\u00a0 Inez Andrews&#8217;s powerful contralto voice was among gospel&#8217;s greatest since her days with The Caravans in the late &#8217;50s. Andrews&#8217;s nickname, &#8220;Songbird,&#8221; was taken by Don Robey when he formed a gospel subsidiary label of his Backbeat\/Peacock operation. 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