The Soundtrack of that Old Time Religion

Since May 2001, Bob Marovich has hosted Gospel Memories, a one-hour program of classic gospel, spiritual, and jubilee music from the 1890s through the 1980s. Past guests of the show include Rev. Claude Jeter of the Swan Silvertones, Margaret Allison of the Angelic Gospel Singers, Lorenza Brown Porter of the Argo Singers, Pastor Shirley Caesar, and Etta James. The show airs every Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. Central Time on WLUW 88.7 FM in Chicago. You can listen live at www.wluw.org or via podcast at https://journalofgospelmusic.com/gospel-memories-radio-show/.

Saturdays

10am – 11am Central

wlum 88.7 fm
March 14, 2026

Episode Description: This episode includes “in loving memory” sets for Roscoe Robinson (pictured) and Jessie Jeffcoat (Five Singing Sons), plus selections by J. Robert Bradley, Ora Lee Hopkins & New Nazareth BC Choirs and others. 

Playlist

Jesus is a way maker – Ora Lee Hopkins Sansom & New Nazareth BC Choirs (Host of Gospel)

I promised the Lord – Young People Choir of Abyssinian B.C. (Gospel)

Somewhere there’s a God – Womack Brothers (SAR/ABKCO)

Search me, Lord – Southern Sons (Trumpet/Alligator)

Soon I will be done with the troubles of the world – Original Five Blind Boys (Checker)

Sending up my timber – Original Five Blind Boys (Peacock)

I’m a child of the king – Blind Boys of Ohio (Constellation)

Life is like a mountain railroad – Roscoe Robinson (Savoy)

The Lord will make a way – Roscoe Robinson (Jewel)

Lord, please hear my plea – J. Robert Bradley (Apollo unissued)

See what the Lord has done – Gospel Crusaders of Los Angeles (Hooks)

Share your love with the master – Sensational Five Singing Sons (Church Door)

You don’t know how blessed you are – Five Singing Sons (Smoke)

Lord I’ve tried – Sensational Five Singing Sons (AIR)

Pouring water on a drowning man – Sensational Five Singing Sons (AIR)

Jesus is enough – Roscoe Robinson (Gospel Roots)

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