Cora Juanita Brewer Martin-Moore (1927–2005) was a

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singer. She was a soloist in the

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Singers and the director of the Echoes of Eden Choir. She also had her own music publishing company.

Biography

Martin-Moore was born in Chicago in 1927. In Chicago she was a member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Her birth parents were Lucius and Annie Moore, but she was adopted at an early age by the gospel singer,

. She joined the Sallie Martin Singers as a teenager, subsequently moving to Los Angeles where she became a member of the St. Paul Baptist Church and attended

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. She was known for her renditions of ''Eyes Hath Not Seen'' and ''He'll Wash You Whiter than Snow''. Martin-Moore wrote several songs, many were published by her own music publishing company. In 1958 Martin-Moore became the director of the Echoes of Eden Choir in Los Angeles. Martin-Moore died in 2005.

Legacy

In 2018 Martin-Moore was included in the exhibition "How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles" at the

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References

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