Gospel Memories Broadcast Honors NCGCC, Rev. Timothy Wright, and Gospel Pioneers Gone Home in July

We celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, founded in Chicago in 1933 by Thomas A. Dorsey, Theodore Frye, and Magnolia N. Lewis-Butts. It has returned to Chicago for its anniversary year. Throughout the broadcast, we will feature musical highlights from convention recordings of the past thirty years.

In Loving Memory: Rev. Lawrence Roberts (rebroadcast of our “Words and Music” interview with Rev. Roberts, which aired originally in August 2006);

Michael Cook of the Mighty Clouds of Joy;

Bishop Charles Ashley Craig III of Detroit, a board member of the Gospel Music Workshop of America.

In Tribute:
On the evening of July 4, Rev. Timothy Wright (right) was badly injured and his wife and grandson killed in a horrific auto accident. We will feature some of his music with the Chicago Interdenominational Mass Choir in prayer for his physical and emotional recovery.

Benediction:
“The Lord’s Prayer”- Little David and the Mighty Gospel Supremes

Preacher Feature: “God’s Promise” (snippet) – Rev. James Cleveland (introduced by Rev. Lawrence Roberts and recorded at his First Baptist Church of Nutley, NJ on March 24, 1968).

Recordings by classic artists such as:
Gospel Keynotes
Bells of Joy
Myrna Summers
Sons of the Birds
Swan Silvertones
Violinaires
Louise Overall Weaver
Clara Ward
Bill Moss & the Celestials
The Instrumentals (a long-forgotten Chicago group)
Jessy Dixon & Chicago Community Choir
…and much more!

So tune in and turn on to “Gospel Memories”…for music that moves you and makes you move.

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