J.C. White

John Carlton White is a Gospel singer/songwriter who recorded between 1962 and 2007. His most noted composition "Stretch Out" was widely covered by choirs and solo artists alike. His original songs also include "Talk It Over with Jesus" "Keys to the Kingdom" "II Chronicles" "Satisfied with Jesus" "Lord Touch Somebody" and many others. He also wrote and recorded "Right Now if you Believe" with Chicago Mass Choir. Bishop White is known most for being the head songwriter and director for Institutional Radio Choir and leader of the JC White Singers. He led the choir from 1954-1979, premiering with the choir on Shirley Caesar's debut album "My Testimony" and "I'll Go." He resigned in 1979 when he began pastoring in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was also the pastor of the gospel group, JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise Bishop White is a native of Brooklyn, New York and was raised in the Institutional Church of God in Christ Int'l under his uncle, Bishop CE Williams Sr. He began pastoring Turner's Faith Temple in Bridgeport in 1979 and has been a resident of Connecticut since then. He was the instructor of the Dartmouth Gospel Choir for nearly 10 years of Dartmouth College. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)