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Twinkie Clark
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Gospel singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, organist, and pianist Elbernita "Twinkie"Clark, although she may not be a household name, was nothing less than the Godmotherof Contemporary Gospel, and the sharp, warm productions she did for her longtimesibling gospel group the Clark Sisters influenced the sonic feel and sound of modern R&Band soul as well. Clark was born November 15, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, and her motherDr. Mattie Moss Clark, a gospel music innovator in her own right, introduced her to pianoas an infant, and by the age of four, Clark was playing full songs on the instrument. Bythe time she was nine, Clark had switched to the organ, and by 12, she had made herrecording debut as an organist on the Southwest Michigan State Choir's album A CloserWalk with Thee. She was to remain her mother's organist until Dr. Clark's death in 1994Clark wrote and produced a couple of albums for her mother, but her best-knowncompositions and productions were for her sibling gospel group the Clark Sisters, thelegendary sibling gospel ensemble that also included sisters Karen, Dorinda, and JackyClark. With her formal music training (she studied classical music at Howard University inWashington, D.C.) and her love for jazz, reggae, and R&B (and later even hip-hop, discoand ragtime), Clark's arrangements and productions were an innovative blend thatliterally kicked gospel into the modern era. She had begun writing songs in her teens inthe 1970s, and based on her exciting, vocal-based organ runs and trills, they had depthand substance, and in many ways she functioned in the Clark Sisters the way BrianWilson did with the Beach Boys, using the group to make large sonic statements.The Clark Sisters were able to cross over to the secular charts and fill dancefloorseverywhere with 1981's "You Brought the Sunshine," and gospel had never reallysounded like this before. Some of it had to do with Clark's organ playing, which wassingular and always striking, earning her the title of Queen of the Hammond B-3 ingospel circles and beyond. She left the Clark Sisters officially in 1989 to devote moretime to her own ministry, although she continued to add her production, songwriting, andorgan expertise to various projects, and continued to surface from time to time with soloalbums, including Praise Belongs to God (1979), Ye Shall Receive Power (1981), Comin'Home (1982), Masterpiece (1996), Live in Charlotte (2002), and Home Once Again: Livein Detroit (2004). A national treasure if there ever were one, Clark continued to be apresence a decade and change into the 21st century, releasing With Humility in 2011 andLive & Unplugged in 2013.~Steve Leggett
Gospel singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, organist, and pianist Elbernita "Twinkie"Clark, although she may not be a household name, was nothing less than the Godmotherof Contemporary Gospel, and the sharp, warm productions she did for her longtimesibling gospel group the Clark Sisters influenced the sonic feel and sound of modern R&Band soul as well. Clark was born November 15, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, and her motherDr. Mattie Moss Clark, a gospel music innovator in her own right, introduced her to pianoas an infant, and by the age of four, Clark was playing full songs on the instrument. Bythe time she was nine, Clark had switched to the organ, and by 12, she had made herrecording debut as an organist on the Southwest Michigan State Choir's album A CloserWalk with Thee. She was to remain her mother's organist until Dr. Clark's death in 1994Clark wrote and produced a couple of albums for her mother, but her best-knowncompositions and productions were for her sibling gospel group the Clark Sisters, thelegendary sibling gospel ensemble that also included sisters Karen, Dorinda, and JackyClark. With her formal music training (she studied classical music at Howard University inWashington, D.C.) and her love for jazz, reggae, and R&B (and later even hip-hop, discoand ragtime), Clark's arrangements and productions were an innovative blend thatliterally kicked gospel into the modern era. She had begun writing songs in her teens inthe 1970s, and based on her exciting, vocal-based organ runs and trills, they had depthand substance, and in many ways she functioned in the Clark Sisters the way BrianWilson did with the Beach Boys, using the group to make large sonic statements.The Clark Sisters were able to cross over to the secular charts and fill dancefloorseverywhere with 1981's "You Brought the Sunshine," and gospel had never reallysounded like this before. Some of it had to do with Clark's organ playing, which wassingular and always striking, earning her the title of Queen of the Hammond B-3 ingospel circles and beyond. She left the Clark Sisters officially in 1989 to devote moretime to her own ministry, although she continued to add her production, songwriting, andorgan expertise to various projects, and continued to surface from time to time with soloalbums, including Praise Belongs to God (1979), Ye Shall Receive Power (1981), Comin'Home (1982), Masterpiece (1996), Live in Charlotte (2002), and Home Once Again: Livein Detroit (2004). A national treasure if there ever were one, Clark continued to be apresence a decade and change into the 21st century, releasing With Humility in 2011 andLive & Unplugged in 2013.~Steve Leggett
