Winfield Parker

Winfield Parker was born on June 21, 1942, in Cooksville, Maryland. At the age of 16, he took up the saxophone.^[6]

Parker began recording in the 1960s and performed on stage with artists such as Little Richard, Otis Redding, and Ike & Tina Turner.^{[7][8][9][10]}

In 1971, Parker released a cover of Edwin Starr's "S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight)," which became his only nationally charting single, reaching number 48 on the Billboard R&B chart.^[11] He continued to perform soul music for the rest of his career, even after shifting focus to gospel music.^[12]

In 2013, he received the Gold Mic Award from the Global Entertainment Media Association for his work on soul and gospel music.^[13]

Parker became an ordained minister in 1981. He died from complications of COVID-19 on January 18, 2021, at Gilchrist Center in Columbia, Maryland, at the age of 78.^[14][15]