The Life and Times of a Gospel Singer

Gospel singers who went over to making secular music were considered by their original fans to be going over to the side of the devil. Charles took that melody, and the lyrics that Reynolds Richard had given him, and created a record which was utterly unlike anything else that had ever been recorded. But while the gospel community was up in arms, people were listening. I got a woman, went to number one on the R&B charts, and quickly entered the stage repertoire of another musician with church music in his veins.