Birth name Naomi Virginia Davis Instruments vocals | Also known as Naomi Davis Shelton Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Years active 1958–present | |
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Albums What Have You Done, My Brother? Genres Gospel music, Blues, Funk, Soul music, Traditional black gospel, Deep funk, Northern soul, Rhythm and blues Similar Naomi Shelton & the Gosp, The Sugarman 3, Bosco Mann, Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band | ||
Naomi shelton the gospel queens sinner
Naomi Davis Shelton (born Naomi Virginia Davis; October 14, 1942) is an American gospel, blues, funk, and soul musician, who plays a traditional black gospel, deep funk, northern soul and rhythm and blues styles of music. She started her music career, in 1958, after she graduated high school in Alabama. Davis is the lead singer of The Gospel Queens from Brooklyn, now known as Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens.
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- Naomi shelton the gospel queens sinner
- Naomi shelton the gospel queens southpaw
- Early life
- Music career
- Songs
- References
Naomi shelton the gospel queens southpaw
Early life
Shelton was born Naomi Virginia Davis on October 14, 1942, in Midway, Alabama, where she was the younger sister of Hattie Mae and Annie Ruth. She was raised in the church at Mount Coney Baptist Church, by her parents. They sang together, until the first one graduated from high school, eventually she would graduate in 1958, first going to Florida, then she settled in Brooklyn, during 1963. She did the job of a maid by doing cleaning work at houses in Brooklyn, while she was singing at the Night Cap, during the evenings. She is married to Dennis Shelton.
Music career
She started professional singing right after she graduated from high school in 1958, with her first recording deal falling through in 2002 with Desco Records, after they liquidated. Shelton would eventually get a recording contract with Daptone Records, where she is the lead singer of The Gospel Queens, while they have released two albums.
Songs
What Have You Done?What Have You Done - My Brother? · 2006
You Got to Move2015
SinnerCold World · 2014