LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as “The Lion King,” has died. He ...

He was known for writing songs such as "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power," and "My Tribute (To God Be the Glory)" By Colin Stutz, Billboard Andrae Crouch - H 2015 Acclaimed gospel artist Andrae ...

Andrae Crouch, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and composer who started his career at 14, helped Michael Jackson arrange “Man in the Mirror” and became a pastor of the church his father founded in the ...

Andraé Crouch, known as the Father of Modern Gospel, has died. The Grammy Award-winning musician wrote contemporary standards that bridged the black and white Christian communities. That's Andraé ...

The late gospel musician Andráe Crouch, the creator of such iconic songs as “My Tribute,” “Soon and Very Soon” and “Jesus Is the Answer,” will receive a tribute of his own this week as this year’s ...

Crouch's songs fueled the flames of my burning desire to become a gospel musician and songwriter. To me he was a musical genius who could arrange melodies to stir the soul and write lyrics to prick ...

Andraé Crouch, the incomparable songwriter, gospel singer and preacher, died in Los Angeles on January 9, 2015 of a heart attack. Billy Graham once said of Crouch that he was “The greatest hymn writer ...

FILE - In this June 4, 2004 file photo, Grammy-winning gospel singer Andrae Crouch poses for a photo at a ceremony honoring him with the 2,256nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

(CNN) — Andrae Crouch, a seven-time Grammy winner and gospel music legend, died Thursday at a Los Angeles-area hospital, his publicist said on his website. Crouch was 72 and had been hospitalized at ...