Rodessa Barrett Porter, the last living member of the Barrett ... quite like sisters harmonizing. If the mission of gospel music is evangelism, the Barrett Sisters surely must have been ...
Rodessa Barrett Porter, a gospel singer whose soaring soprano lifted harmonies with her sisters in a trio that toured the world as emissaries of a musical tradition from the churches of Chicago ...
Ms. Porter replaced Hudson in 1950, establishing the family trio that was a dominant presence in gospel music with more than 15 albums, including “I’ve Got a Feelin’” (1987). One of its ...
From the top: Ms. Porter, Delois Barrett Campbell and Billie Barrett GreenBey.Credit...Collection of Robert Marovich/The Journal of Gospel Music The sisters grew up singing together at their local ...