NEW YORK — The Rev. Timothy Wright, a Grammy-nominated gospel singer and composer who filled his recordings, and his Brooklyn church, with his rolling, booming baritone, died Friday. He was 61 and lived in Roosevelt, N.Y., on Long Island.

Known to many fans as “the godfather of gospel,” Wright recorded 12 albums and composed many of the songs on them. His 1994 album, “Come Thou Almighty King,” recorded with the New York Fellowship Mass Choir, reached the Top 20 on the Billboard gospel charts and was nominated for a Grammy for best traditional soul gospel album. Five years later, Wright received another Grammy nomination in the same category for “Been There Done That,” recorded with the B/J Mass Choir and featuring Myrna Summers.