Henry Slaughter | |
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| Birth name | Henry Thaxton Slaughter |
| Born | January 9, 1927 Roxboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | November 13, 2020 (aged 93) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Southern gospel |
| Occupation(s) | pianist, singer, songwriter |
Henry Thaxton Slaughter (January 9, 1927 – November 13, 2020)[1] was an American Southern gospel pianist and singer-songwriter. He won five Dove Awards, and was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Since the 1940s, he worked with such memorable groups as the Stamps-Ozark Quartet, The Weatherford Quartet (1958–61), The Imperials (1964–66), and since the 1970s as Henry and Hazel Slaughter, including numerous appearances with Bill Gaither, the Gaither Praise Gatherings, and the Gaither Homecoming series.[2]