found: His I'll be thinking of you [SR] p1979:label (Andraé Crouch)
found: Southern, E. Bio. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians(Crouch, Andrae; b. July 1, 1942, Los Angeles, Calif.; gospel singer)
found: Contemporary musicians:v. 9 (Crouch, Andraé; b. Andraé Edward Crouch, July 1, 1942, Los Angeles, CA; gospel singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer)
found: New York times (online), viewed Jan. 13, 2015(in obituary published Jan. 9: Andraé Crouch; b. Andraé Edward Crouch, July 1, 1942, San Francisco; d. Thursday [Jan. 8, 2015], Los Angeles, aged 72; singer and songwriter whose plaintive, passionate gospel songs knitted religious music to rhythm and blues, soul, and contemporary balladeering and found their way into mainstream pop music)
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Crouch, Andrae Edward; stage, screen actor, composer, arranger, jazz singer, jazz musician. He was born 01 July 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States; achieved success with gospel music group Andrae Crouch and the Disciples recording best-selling albums such as Take Me Back, This Is Another Day, Soulfully, Keep On Singing, and Live in London (1960's); collaborated with Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and with Quincy Jones on the movie soundtrack for The Color Purple (1981); received great acclaim for solo album Mercy (1994); launched record company, Slave Records (1990's). He recieved an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music (1997); honors include Academy Award, two Grammy awards (1994), star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2004))