Dorothy Norwood

ABOUT DOROTHY NORWOOD

Gospel singer who has recorded more than forty albums over the course of her prolific career. She is known primarily as a solo artist and a member of the band The Caravans.

She moved to Chicago in 1956 and began singing alongside fellow gospel singer Mahalia Jackson .

Her album "The Caravans Paved the Way" earned her the Robert Estevis Award.

She and her family began touring as a family band when she was eight years old.

She and Casting Crowns' Mark Hall are two of the Atlanta area's most recognizable gospel singers.