Cora Martin-Moore
{{short description|American singer (1927–2005)}}
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| name = Cora Martin-Moore
| image = Photo of Cora Martin-Moore.jpg
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| birth_name = Cora Juanita Brewer Moore
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1927}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
| death_date = {{Death year and age|2005|1927}}
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| nationality = American
| education = California State University, Dominguez Hills
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| occupation = Singer,composer
| years_active =
| known_for = The Sallie Martin Singers
Echos of Eden Choir
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}}
Cora Juanita Brewer Martin-Moore (1927–2005) was a gospel singer. She was a soloist in the Sallie Martin 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, Sallie Martin. 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 California State University, Dominguez Hills. She was known for her renditions of Eyes Hath Not Seen and He'll Wash You Whiter than Snow.{{cite book |last1=Boyer |first1=Horace Clarence |title=The Golden Age of Gospel |date=2000 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=9780252068775 |page=207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzZ7GjkQixkC&q=Cora+Juanita+Brewer+Martin-Moore&pg=PA207 |language=en}}
Martin-Moore wrote several songs, many were published by her own music publishing company.{{cite journal |last1=Djedje |first1=Jacqueline Cogdell |title=Los Angeles Composers of African American Gospel Music: The First Generations |journal=American Music |year=1993 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=412–457 |doi=10.2307/3052539 |jstor=3052539 }}
In 1958 Martin-Moore became the director of the Echoes of Eden Choir in Los Angeles.{{cite book |last1=DjeDje |first1=Jacqueline Cogdell |last2=Meadows |first2=Eddie S. |title=California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West |date=1998 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520206281 |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WGbmb4iwRAC&q=Cora+Martin-Moore&pg=PA166 |language=en}}
Martin-Moore died in 2005.{{cite web |title=Cora Martin Life Story & Time Line |url=http://cora-martin.memory-of.com/legacy.aspx |website=Memory-Of |access-date=February 6, 2019}}
Legacy
In 2018 Martin-Moore was included in the exhibition "How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles" at the California African American Museum.{{cite web |last1=Jackson-Fossett |first1=Cora |title='How Sweet the Sound' Reveals L.A.'s Role in Gospel Music History |url=https://lasentinel.net/how-sweet-the-sound-reveals-l-a-s-role-in-gospel-music-history.html |website=Los Angeles Sentinel |access-date=February 6, 2019 |date=February 14, 2018}}
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Category:20th-century African-American women singers
Category:20th-century American women singers
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:American women singers
Category:American gospel singers