Elizabeth King
Elizabeth King
Performing live
SUN May 4th
Elizabeth King is a Memphis-based sacred soul and gospel singer. Possessed of a powerful, quaking contralto, she has led church services and performed weekly on gospel radio since the 1960s. King cut her first single, "Testify," on the Designer label in1969, as well as a few others. She signed to D-Vine Spirituals in 1970 as the frontwoman for the all-maleGospel Souls. The group recorded five singles and an album between 1970 and1973, but the long-player was never released.
King retired from recording and touring to raise a family. Her performing and music-making were confined to church and the airwaves. In 2019, she was contacted by her former producer,Rev. Juan D. Shipp, who was working with Bible & Tire Recording Company label boss Bruce Watson. The latter signed her, and she was back at work in the recording studio inside of a week. King, age 77, released her debut album, Living in the Last Days, in 2021 followed by I Got a Love the next year. In April 2024, Bible & Tire Recording Company released Soul Provider, King's third effort for the label.