NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80.

His manager, Isaac Lindsey, said Monday that Ligon died on Sunday in Georgia. Ligon’s death also was confirmed by his former booking agent Ricky DeRae.

Ligon was born in Troy, Ala., but moved to Los Angeles and started the gospel quartet in the 1950s.

The band won back-to-back Grammy Awards in 1978 and 1979 for best soul gospel performance and again in 1991 for best traditional soul gospel album.

“Gospel singers don’t retire, you know, they just die doing what they do,” Ligon said at age of 56.