The gospel music world has lost the legendary voice of Joe Ligon, founder and lead singer of The Mighty Clouds of Joy. Ligon died over the weekend at the age of 80 and the Facebook page of the Mighty ...

Since the late 1950's they have been a pioneer in Gospel music. A group of guys who had met in Los Angeles shared a dream to be singers. They saw Gospel music and the Mighty Clouds of Joy, as their ...

With their pastel orange, green and lavender jackets, the Mighty Clouds of Joy shocked the staid gospel music world in the 1960s. But they got attention.And what the listeners heard was enough to hold ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. His manager, Isaac Lindsey, said Monday that Ligon died on ...

As the sun set behind the WaMu tent Friday evening, it was easy to recall Mavis Staples' transcendent performance there on the first night of ACL 2003. Despite nearly identical climatic conditions, ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. His manager, Isaac Lindsey, said Monday that Ligon died on ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic front man of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. Joe Ligon of the gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy.

Joe Ligon, whose raspy, throbbing vocals and preaching style helped make the Mighty Clouds of Joy one of the most successful gospel quartets of all time, died Sunday. He was 80. Pastor Isaac Lindsey, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. His booking agent, Ricky DeRae, said Monday that Ligon died ...