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Shirley Caesar Biography
Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams, popularly known as Shirley Caesar, is an American Gospel music singer, songwriter, recording artist, author, and Pastor. She was born on October 13, 1938, in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Pastor Caesar is a Shaw University graduate, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She has honorary doctorates from Shaw University and Southeastern University. And she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Pastor Caesar began singing at the age of 10 and has recorded over forty albums, exploring her gift and spreading messages of faith. At an early age she joined the Caravans; Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, Delores Washington, and James Cleveland, and sang and recorded with them from 1958 until 1966. She then began pursuing a call to ministry and solo singing career. Over the years, she continued to combine scripture, sermon and contemporary issues with the traditional gospel.
Pastor Caesar has sung for every President since Jimmy Carter. And she has performed with such performers as Patti Labelle, Whitney Houston, Dottie People, Gladys Knight, Kim Burrell, John P. Kee, Tonex, Tramaine Hawkins, Kirk Franklin, Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams, and Andrea Crouch among many others.
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For more than 38 years, she has run and Outreach Ministry the bears her name. Her Outreach Ministry serves the neglected and those in need in the community. She often notes, “I cannot sweeten the Atlantic Ocean, but I can take a pitcher out of the ocean and sweeten that”. It was Pastor Caesar’s humble beginnings and her mother’s encouraging words that have influenced her decision to give so selflessly of herself.
She says, “Mom often made it very clear to me that the people were depending on me and she said, “I am depending on you and God is depending on you”. Don’t let us down. Don’t you ever go out and sing one thing and live something else”. That stayed with me not because Momma said it but because when you get the greater One who is the Lord Jesus in your life then He makes a difference. Just the very fact that Momma would always say that to me made a great impact upon my life”.
Shirley Caesar is currently the Pastor of the Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has won 11 Grammies, 17 Dove Awards, 12 Stellar Awards, and the Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album.
In 2000, the Gospel Music Association – which also annually hosts the Dove Awards – inducted her into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame at its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee.
Shirley Caesar Age
She was born on October 13, 1938. She is 84 years old.
Shirley Caesar Husband
Caesar got married in 1983, to Bishop Harold Ivory Williams, who, however, after 31 years of marriage.
Shirley Caesar Children
She does not have any biological children. However, she has two adult step-children by marriage. Harold I Williams Jr and Rev Hope I Mason.
Shirley Caesar Albums
- First Lady – 1977
- From The Heart – 1978
- Jesus, I Love Calling Your Name – 1983
- Salin’ – 1984
- Her Very Best – 1987
- Live in Chicago – 1988
- I Remember Mama – 1989
- Go – 1990
- He’s Working It Out for You – 1991
- Stand Still – 1993
- Live…He Will Come – 1995
- Just A Word – 1996
- A Miracle in Harlem – 1997
- Christmas with Shirley Caesar – 1998
- You Can Make It – 2000
- Hymns – 2001
- Greatest Gospel Hits
- Shirley Caesar & Friends – 2003
- The Gospel Legends – 2005
- I Know the Truth – 2005
- Still Sweeping Through the City After 40 Years – 2008
- A City Called Heaven – 2009
- Good God – 2013
- Fill This House – 2016
Shirley Caesar Songs – Shirley Caesar Song List
- Hold My Mule
- I Remember Mama
- Jesus, I Love Calling Your Name
- No Charge
- He’ll Do It Again
- It’s Alright, It’s Ok
- You’re Next in Line for a Miracle
- You Can Make It
- Yes Lord, Yes
- Faded Rose
- Strong Man
- Satan, We’re Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down
- Peace in the Midst of the Storm
- Sweeping Through The City
- God Will Make A Way
- Good God
- Fill This House
- Satan, You’re a Liar
- I Feel Like Praising Him
- Playground In Heaven
- Gotta Serve Somebody
- God Specializes
- He’s Working It Out for You
- A City Called Heaven
- Teach Me Master
- Jesus Is Everywhere
- Reign Jesus Reign
- Rejoice
- This Joy
- Old Apple Tree
- When You Pray God Answers
- He Will Come
Shirley Caesar Thanksgiving
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Shirley Caesar Concert
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