Personally, I'm not a big fan of "American Idol" type contests, but I must admit that they have identified some very talented singers, especially LaShell Griffin. LaShell was the winner of Oprah's Pop Star Challenge, and if this is a way for a 36 year-old mother of five to get [...]
"Great Get'n Up Morning"/"Get Away Jordan" D.C. Christian Harmonizers North American (no #) ca. mid-60s Back in the 1950s and early to mid-1960s, one side of a pop single very often contained a medium or quick-tempo song for fast dancing, and the other side a slower, ballad-style recording for slow, [...]
If you enjoy old-school music (as I do), you won't be able to get enough of the Williams Brothers' cover of "Love Train," the Gamble-Huff ode to unity made famous by the O'Jays in the 1970s. The track is on the recently released Blackberry Records CD SoulLink Live by The [...]
“Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray” Frederick ‘Nee’ Smith & the Sensational Gospel Light Rae Cox 144 early 1960s The Rae Cox and Enrica labels were formed by veteran jazz musician Teddy McRae and Eddie Wilcox sometime around 1959. The labels featured RnB, doo-wop, and a fair amount of gospel. It is [...]
Souled Out ‘n Sanctified – Danny Brooks and the Rockin’ Revelators (HIS House) Fresh from his participation as a member of the NorthernBlues Gospel All Stars on the Juno-nominated Saved, Danny Brooks is back on the gospel highway with Souled Out ‘n Sanctified. From the cover photo of Beale Street [...]
Tracy Worth: Don’t Let Heaven Pass You By Serenity SEL4602 (2004) Reviewed by: Bob Marovich www.island.net/~blues/gospel.htm For far too many musicians, being successful in contemporary urban gospel music means keeping up with the Joneses, or more appropriately, with the Kee’s, the Franklin’s, and the McClurkin’s. While John, Kirk, and Donnie [...]
WEEK 111: “Remember Me, O’ Lord” Cotton Brothers Song Bird 1017 1964 [available on CD: “Chosen Gospel Singers (1955-1963)/Cotton Brothers (1964-1969)” Pewburner 589] Those of you who have been following my essays for some time know that I have a penchant for doo-wop infused gospel. These “gospel ballads” – distinct from [...]
Hello, gospel music fans! Bookmark this blog because in the days, weeks, and months to come, it will feature a continuation of the same essential black gospel information you have enjoyed at www.island.net/~blues/gospel.htm. I'll be passing along info on gospel pioneers, continuing the list of "Must Have" gospel songs from the beginning of [...]
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