Mattie Moss Clark

Dr. Mattie Moss Clark
Dr. Mattie Moss Clark
Background information
Birth name	Mattie Juliet Moss
Born	March 26, 1925; Selma, Alabama, U.S.
Died	September 22, 1994 (aged 69); Southfield, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Gospel; urban contemporary gospel; Christian R&B;
Occupations	Singer; songwriter; record producer; manager; composer; choir director;
Instruments	Vocals; piano; keyboards; Hammond organ;
Labels	Capitol Christian Music Group; Sound of Gospel; Westbound; Elektra; Rejoice; Sparrow; Kapp; Savoy; Malaco; Bilesse; Mattie Moss Clark Records;
Children	6

Mattie Moss Clark (born Mattie Juliet Moss; March 26, 1925 – September 22, 1994) was an American gospel choir director and the mother of The Clark Sisters, a gospel vocal group. She was the longest-serving international minister of music for the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). "Her arrangements, perhaps influenced by her classical training, replaced the unison or two-part textures of earlier gospel music with three-part settings of the music for soprano, alto, and tenor voice ranges—a technique that remained common in gospel choir music for decades afterward."