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GOSPEL JUBILEE FEATURING THE LEWIS SISTERS (SHIRLEY LEWIS / YUMA LEWIS) AND THE LEWIS FAMILY GOSPEL SINGERS Partial Proceeds To Benefit Women’s Lunch Place, Newbury Street, Boston—helping to provide food and clothing for homeless and battered women. Sunday Aug. 7, 2005
For further information visit www.shirleylelwis.biz The Lewis Family, from Southern New Jersey, have been singing gospel since the late 1930s. They sing originals, old time gospel revivals, spirituals, and on the edge crossover gospel music. Says Shirley Lewis, "Reaching out to help others has for decades been a part of our lives, so we are continuing in this tradition with this important benefit for Women's Lunch Place in Boston." Shirley Lewis was born in Sicklerville, New Jersey on February 25, 1937. She performed professionally since early childhood with her father and brothers as the Lewis Gospel Singers. She sang throughout her youth and after high school became an accountant, singing in church on the weekends. The music won out over the numbers and she traveled to Las Vegas, San Francisco and ended up in Vancouver British Columbia in 1972. She sang in a show at Isy's Supperclub in a revue called, "Black is Beautiful." She then held a residency at club New Delhi for a four year run. Shirley continued her mutual love affair with Canada, touring throughout the country until 1985. Lewis moved back to the states to be closer to her family in the mid-80s, settling in the Boston area. She has been a Boston based singer since that time, recording and touring all along. Shirley Lewis is a gifted vocalist who sings from the heart, like many of her fellow Jersey and Philadelphia R&B singers. The is more concerned with the feel of her performance than the technicality of it. That's a tradition that goes back a long way. |
