For over 40 years, The Clark Sisters have been your favorite singer’s favorite singers.
Cited as an influence by many of music history’s top divas including Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and Mary J. Blige, the group – comprised of sisters Twinkie, Jacky, Dorinda, and Karen – stand as the best-selling ensemble in Gospel history and have cranked out some of the genre’s most memorable hits like ‘Name It, Claim It,’ ‘Is My Living In Vain,’ and their game-changing, crossover hit, ‘You Brought the Sunshine.’
With the release of their March 13 album, ‘The Return,’ the quartet are penciling in new chapters to their legendary story. Quieting diehard fans who had long pressed them for the follow-up to their last studio effort, 2007’s ‘Live – One Last Time,’ the new LP was kicked off by the anthemic single ‘Victory’ – which shot straight to the top of multiple charts.
That Grape Juice was privileged to sit down with the music royals (sans Twinkie) to discuss the project and dish on their highly anticipated Lifetime biopic, ‘The First Ladies of Gospel,’ which premieres April 11. Read this and more inside:
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