Listen below to WLUW’s Gospel Memories (Bob Marovich, host) for a special radio documentary on the making of James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir’s Peace Be Still LP (Savoy).
The program includes segments of a 2006 interview with Angelic Choir director Rev. Lawrence Roberts, who discusses the album’s production and significance.
Recorded September 19, 1963, Peace Be Still went on to become one of the best selling gospel albums of all time. It was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2004.
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.