Charles George Hayes (December 10, 1937 – February 12, 2014), was an American gospel musician and founding pastor of Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer.
[1][2] He founded the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer when he was 21 on April 28, 1959, which the first service occurred at Morris Jackson's home down in the basement.
He got an honorary doctorate of human letters bestowed upon him from St. Martins College and Seminary during September 1974.
Hayes and the choir would subsequently release more albums in the 1960s and 1970s including "Where You Gonna Run To," "Got to Keep Moving," "Well Done Servant," and "Heaven is my Goal."
They became very popular in the gospel music industry as their hits would be a standard in church services around the country.
The choir would ascend to increased national recognition when in 1980, Hayes and Cosmo would release Everything's Alright with Savoy Records.