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 "The
First Lady of Gospel" began her career in 1949 in her hometown
of Durham, North Carolina as the teenage "Baby Shirley." Since
leaving the Caravans (1958-1966), Caesar has been both singer
and evangelist, preaching at Mount Calvary Word of Faith Holy
Church in North Carolina. San Francisco Examiner critic James
Kelton says "The energy transmitted between her and her audience
makes most rock 'n' roll fanaticism seem like empty piety."
Caesar told William Friday in 1991, "[As a child, my
siblings and I] had decided to play church and I had jumped
up and shouted 'Jesus' two times and by the time I got to
the third time I didn't sit down. I didn't know what happened
after that, [but] my mama looked out and said, 'She's not
playing this time.' That was the turning point for Shirley
Ann Caesar."
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