Martin-Moore was born in 1927 in
Chicago, Illinois, where she was a member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Her birth parents were Lucius and Annie Moore, but she was adopted at an early age by the gospel singer
Sallie Martin. Martin-Moore joined the Sallie Martin Singers as a teenager, subsequently moving to
Los Angeles, California, where she became a member of the St. Paul Baptist Church and attended
California State University, Dominguez Hills. She was known for her renditions of "Eyes Hath Not Seen" and "He'll Wash You Whiter than Snow". Martin-Moore wrote several songs, many of which were published by her own music publishing company. In 1958, Martin-Moore became the director of the Echoes of Eden Choir in Los Angeles. Martin-Moore died in 2005. ==Legacy==