Sonia Rossman was, at just fourteen years of age, the lead soloist for the choir at Union Baptist, one of the largest and most influential black churches in Atlanta. She had the vocal strength for shouting from the choir stalls at Sunday services, but her heart lay with the soft ballads of Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. Lamar brought Sonia to 799½ Hunter and watched her audition a few songs she had written. Impressed, Jones invited her to cut two of her songs during a session he already had booked at Kintel Studios on Spring Street to record the bubblegum bopper “Young Love” and … read more
Sonia Rossman was, at just fourteen years of age, the lead soloist for the choir at Union Baptist, one of the largest and most influential black churches in Atlanta. She had the vocal strength for shouting from the choir stalls at Sunday services, but her heart lay with the soft ballads of Di… read more
Sonia Rossman was, at just fourteen years of age, the lead soloist for the choir at Union Baptist, one of the largest and most influential black churches in Atlanta. She had the vocal strength for shouting from the choir stalls at Sunday services, but her heart lay with the soft ballads of Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. Lamar brought Sonia to 799½ Hunter and w… read more
