Della Reese(1931-2017)
- Actress
- Writer
- Music Department
Della began singing in her hometown of Detroit when she was 6 years
old. As a teenager, she toured with gospel great
Mahalia Jackson and, at the age of 18,
she formed the Meditation Singers and became the first performer to
take gospel music to the casinos of Las Vegas. She was a vocalist with
the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra and began
making her own records. She was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best
Female Soloist in Gospel music in 1987. She lived in Los Angeles with
her husband, producer Franklin Lett.
