Arizona Dranes

Arizona Dranes is a gospel singer and piano player who is believed to have lived between 1891 and 1963. She was one of the first gospel singers to record the Sanctified style in the 1920. She recorded between 1926 and 1928. She performed through the 1940s. Her piano playing, which is in a ragtime and barrelhouse style, as well as her vocal style is understood to have influenced later gospel artists.

Arizona Dranes is a gospel singer and piano player who is believed to have lived between 1891 and 1963. She was one of the first gospel singers to record the Sanctified style in the 1920. She recorded between 1926 and 1928. She performed through the 1940s.

Her piano playing, which is in a ragtime and barrelhouse style, as well as her vocal style is understood to have influenced later gospel artists. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..