Marvin Lyles, who invited me to be a guest on his “Gospel Sunrise” program this past Sunday (WGVE 88.7 FM – Gary, IN), lent me this photo to share with you.
The photo was taken at the American Gospel Quartet Convention in Birmingham, Alabama on January 22, 2010, and shows Lyles surrounded by quartet living legends.
From left: Horace Thompson (Sensational Nightingales), Thomas Spann (Brooklyn All Stars), Roscoe Robinson (Five Blind Boys of Mississippi), Larry Moore, Lyles, Darrell Luster (Malaco Records gospel artist), Min. George Stewart (founder and president of the AGQC), and Jo Jo Wallace (Sensational Nightingales).
Lyles also noted that Evelyn Starks Hardy, the last living member of the Original Gospel Harmonettes, received the AGQC’s “John Legion Lifetime Achievement Award” at the convention and recently published her autobiography, The Sweetest Harmony. Willa Ward received the “Dorothy Love Coates Award.”
Photo Credit: PicturePlus Productions
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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