Doris Troy was an R&B singer, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul." She was born Doris Payne in The Bronx, the daughter of a Barbadian Pentecostal minister. Her parents disapproved of "subversive" forms of music like rhythm & blues, so she cut her teeth singing in her father's choir. She was working as an usherette at the Apollo where she was discovered by the 'Godfather of Soul', James Brown. Troy worked with Solomon Burke, The Drifters, Cissy Houston, … Wikipedia
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