BONITA CANTRELL

BONITA CANTRELL gehört zu den Gospelsängerinnen, die Anfang bis
Mitte der 60er Jahre lokal sehr erfolgreich waren. Sie recordete von 1962
bis Mitte der sechziger Jahre für Nashboro Records Songs wie "Wait On The Lord" (834).
Schon 1961 war sie jedoch auf Pace Records zu hören.

November 1963

Nashboro 45-834 (September 1964)

Juli 1962

Beide Daten und ein bisschen Biografie:
Bonita Mai Cantrell wurde am 7. Januar 1931 in Springfield, Tennessee,
geboren. Sie verstarb am 5. Januar 2023.

„ She was a graduate of Bransford High School. She gave birth to four lovely children (…).

Bonita was gifted by God to sing and be a songwriter. She wrote many songs and recorded some of them at Pace and Nashboro Records. In 1963, she was invited to the New York Coliseum to sing with such Gospel Greats as James Cleveland, the Mighty Clouds of Joy, the Caravans, Mahalia Jackson, and many others. Her pianist, the late Hazel Smith, accompanied her wherever she went to sang. Her signature song was "Move On Up A Little Higher." Bonita was an original member of the Spiritual Twelve which was started by the late Vernita Bell. She was also a beautician and domestic worker.“