On this day, July 6, 1931, American nightclub, jazz, gospel and pop singer, film and television actress, one-time talk-show hostess and ordained minister,  Della Reese (born Delloreese Patricia Early) was born in the historic Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. With a career spanning six decades,  she began as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single “Don’t You Know?”. In the late 1960s, … Continue reading #M(ichigan)M(ovie)H(istory), on this day, July 6, 1931, Della Reese was born