Jerry Lawson, who for four decades was the lead singer of the Persuasions, a group that revived the art of a cappella singing and attracted a loyal worldwide following, died on Wednesday in Phoenix.

Jerry Lawson is best known as providing the buttery lead vocal for the flagship doo-wop-cum-gospel-cum-soul-cum-beep-bop a cappella group the Persuasions. But after forty-one years, twenty-one ...

The Persuasions’ first manager David Dashev ... Just a Mortal Man: The Jerry Lawson Story is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV ...

The Grateful Dead fans are becoming Persuasions fans. They’re coming out, and they’re being converted.” The current group includes four original members: Hayes, Jerry Lawson, Joe Russell and ...