Adedibu biography of alberta walker

Born on August 29, , contralto gospel singer and conductor Albertina Walker, was the youngest of nine siblings. Her parents, Ruben Walker and Camille Coleman Walker, moved from Georgia after the birth of their first four children and raised their family in the Bronzeville community in Chicago, Illinois. Between and , Walker sang secular songs in Chicago nightclubs.

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She joined the Melody of Zion Gospel Singers in and remained a gospel singer the rest of her life. In , Jackson encouraged Walker to take over the Robert Anderson Singers and establish it as her ensemble. Walker signed with Savoy Records in Walker married Lesley O. Reynolds on August 20, They later divorced, and she married Reco Brooks from Memphis, Tennessee in There were no children.

The following year, , she was honored for contributions to gospel music by President George W. Bush during a ceremony at the White House. Albertina Walker, who released more than 60 albums, died of respiratory complications on October 8, , in Chicago, Illinois. She was Do you find this information helpful?