Entrepreneur, artist, songwriter and producer David Gough is one of the defining voices in the world of gospel music and entertainment. To many, Gough is known as the “Mayor of Gospel” because of his deep commitment to introducing gospel music and entertainment to mainstream audiences, from starting his own gospel label to founding the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum to becoming the first gospel artist to perform at The Festival of the Arts in Kunming, China.

Gough is also a frequent guest on national television shows, including the highly regarded Bobby Jones Gospel show on BET.

Gough, the oldest of three children, was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan where he was influenced by a wide variety of artists, from The Temptations, James Brown and Sister Rosetta Tharpe to James Cleveland, Frank Sinatra and Jackie Wilson.

Gough began to seriously pursue his interest in performing while in the Navy during the Vietnam War. While serving, Gough and four friends formed Five Way, a self-contained top-40 band featuring five members who each represented a different nationality. To this day, Mr. Gough strongly believes in creating music that features a diversity of styles and points-of-views.

In the early 70s after completing active duty, Gough moved back to Detroit to pursue his music career. Gough also married his wife Carolyn, who inspired him to focus his talent on creating gospel music.
After Gough created and produced his first gospel album, he found that there was little demand from the labels for gospel music. Gough overcame this obstacle by launching DoRohn Entertainment in 1978 to help promote his work and launch the careers of other gospel artists.

DoRohn Entertainment is now celebrating more than twenty years of successfully introducing gospel music and entertainment to new audiences. Under Gough’s leadership, the company has been a driving force behind a diverse range of gospel acts that represent a new form of gospel music, including The Eastern Michigan Gospel Choir, a gospel hip-hop choir with a contemporary sound; The Emmanuels, a quartet with an old-school R&B flavor; Esther Smith, a traditional gospel singer with a new contemporary feel, and RXG, the radical X generation – a Gospel rap group, as well as a Michael Van Tull, the urban American poet. Since its inception, DoRohn Entertainment has also released five David Gough albums, including “Heartfixer,” “Masterpiece,” “Picture This,” “Living Out His Love” and “This Christmas.”

In addition, Dorohn Entertainment recently released the DVD and VHS of “Pay The Price,” a movie portraying life in college marching bands at predominantly black universities.

To further demonstrate his commitment to gospel music and entertainment, Gough founded the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 1995, which is dedicated to the preservation and education of gospel music and entertainment. Every year, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum holds its annual induction ceremony and honors the legends of gospel. Past honorees include Bobby Jones, The Canton Spirituals and Shirley Caeser.

Today, Mr. Gough continues to oversee the growth and direction of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum as well as DoRohn Entertainment. In 2003 Gough will be releaseing his new gospel album tiltled "No Walls", featuring the singles "Good Feelin" and "He Sends A Blessing".The enhanced CD will also feature Gough animated using video "Good Feelin" and "Hold On".

Sept. 8 , 2004 - David Gough will be going to the World Pentacostal Conference. He'll be traveling to Johanesberg, Switzerland & Paris.

David also appeared on the TCT Network which was viewed worldwide.