Delois barrett campbell biography of christopher

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    The Barrett Sisters, gospel singers

    “It was a prayer answered,” gospel chanteuse DeLois Barrett Campbell reflects. “I had always wanted to go to Europe and sing, and the Lord fixed it so we could go.” Her legendary voice—the soaring soprano that established the Barrett Sisters as gospel standouts—is reduced to a hoarse whisper these days, but its warmth is palpable.

    Though the family has been performing since 1941, the 84-year-old now only joins her sisters Rodessa Barrett Porter, 79, and Billie Barrett GreenBey, 81, onstage for her annual birthday concert.

    But at the peak of their career, between 1980 and 2000, the trio toured the world 50 times, including dozens of trips bringing holy music to the land of hole-y cheese: Switzerland loves the Barrett Sisters.

    Though far from household names, it would be a stretch to say the siblings were underappreciated in Chicago.

    They’ve played Gospel Fests, were on WLS-TV’s Jubilee Showcase f