Traditional Gospel Music
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Traditional Gospel Music
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As Gospel Music moves beyond its incubator- -the church--it is imperative
to understand where it is, where it has been, and where it is going. As
Christians we must hope that the music is building bridges, not walls. As this
music continues to grow beyond most expectations, one can only hope that it will
be embraced, regardless of how it is labeled, by everyone who needs to be
reminded of the Good News it represents.
In the black culture of the first half of the 20th cent., gospel music was considered antithetical to blues and jazz, despite their similarity of origins, and gospel performers rarely sang in nonreligious settings. Later, as all three forms became popular outside the black community, they were less mutually exclusive. A strong gospel element underlies the “soul” jazz and rock music of the 1950s and 60s. Composer and pianist Thomas A. Dorsey, often referred to as “the father of Gospel Music,” played a major role in the development of gospel music. Important gospel performers have included Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Alex Bradford, James Cleveland, The Swan Silver Tones, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Dixie Hummingbirds, and The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi. Pop singers who have been heavily influenced by gospel include Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. While the greatest era in gospel is widely considered to be c.1945–1965, the tradition and the music remain vital in contemporary culture. |
 The Best of the Gospel Choirs
1. Going Up Yonder - Walter Hawkins & Love Center Choir
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Hezekiah Walker & the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir](souled_out.jpg) Souled Out [Live] Hezekiah Walker & the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir
1. Souled Out Hezekiah Walker & LFC
The Brooklyn, New York-based Pastor Hezekiah Walker was the |
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1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4: 1-3
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