The Rev. Richard Smallwood, one of the giants of gospel music with his classically trained piano scores that undergirded instantly recognizable songs sung in Black churches like “Total Praise” and “I Love the Lord,” died Tuesday in Maryland at the age of 77. He had been ill recent years and his family announced in a […]

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