Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments

Author and Baylor University professor Robert Darden tells stories - and plays recordings - from the Baylor University Libraries' Black Gospel Music Restoration Project in an on-going weekly series of two-minute segments. Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975). The series celebrates this fertile musical period in American history, presenting cultural snapshots that reveal the depth of a people, their community, and the influence they have had on the rest of American music.

Episodes

SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Jessy Dixon

May 12, 2024 • 2 mins
Jessy Dixon’s long career included one album produced and recorded with Andrae Crouch, It’s All Right Now.
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Cogics

May 5, 2024 • 2 mins
The teen-age COGICs’ “It Will Never Lose Its Power” is the earliest recording of Andrae Crouch’s beloved “The Blood (Will Never Lose Its Power.”
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Golden Gate Quartet

April 28, 2024 • 2 mins
One of the most irresistible songs in all of gospel music is the Golden Gate Quartet’s a cappella rendition of the story of Daniel in the lion’s den – “Shadrack.”
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Violinaires

April 21, 2024 • 2 mins
You’ve never heard Bob Dylan’s masterful “I Shall Be Released” until you’ve heard it sung by Robert Blair and the Violinaires of Chicago.
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - James Herndon

April 14, 2024 • 2 mins
James Herndon was one of the top composers and pianists during gospel’s Golden Age and responsible for such upbeat classic hits as “No Courage Soldier” from 1968.
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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Golden Wings of Atlanta, Georgia

March 31, 2024 • 2 mins
During the mid-1980s, the Golden Wings of Atlanta sang silky smooth gospel with songs like “Jesus Will Make Everything All Right.”
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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - Rev. Pearly Brown

March 24, 2024 • 2 mins
Blind street-corner singer the Rev. Pearlie Brown’s haunting rendition of the old spiritual “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning” is a powerful glimpse into our musical past.
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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - Gospel All-Stars

March 17, 2024 • 2 mins
The Gospel All-Stars’ “It’s Me, Oh Lord,” is one of the earliest recordings of gospel legend James Cleveland.
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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - Elder Nick Hightower and Sister Massey

March 10, 2024 • 2 mins
Elder Nick Hightower’s old-school Hammond B-3 stylings are the highlight of this rare gospel instrumental, “Let Everybody March.”
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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - Jean Austin

March 3, 2024 • 2 mins
Birmingham native Jean Austin’s hoarse and commanding voice is perfect for her slow and smokey version of “I Ain’t No Stranger Now
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Rev. Raymond Dozier

February 11, 2024 • 2 mins
The patriarch of the Dozier family of gospel singers, the Rev. Raymond Dozier, is a masterful gospel singer himself – witness his rendition of “No Kids Allowed.”
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Sons of the Birds

February 4, 2024 • 2 mins
When a member of the Dixie Hummingbirds missed a show, a member of the Sons of the Birds stepped right in!
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Dorothy Maynor

January 28, 2024 • 2 mins
The glorious voice of Dorothy Maynor deserves to be better known today.
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Rev. Willie A. Treadwell

January 21, 2024 • 2 mins
The Rev. Willie A. Treadwell’s Treadwell Community Singers were much loved in their native Chicago for their rendition of old favorites like “Sit Down, Servant.”
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Rev. Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers

January 14, 2024 • 2 mins
The Rev. Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Choir’s “It’s Gonna Rain” may be the best cover version ever of an Andrae Crouch and the Disciples songs.
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "The Virgin Mary Had One Son" by The Staple Singers

December 31, 2023 • 2 mins
The Staple Singers’ elegiac, mournful version of the ancient spiritual “The Virgin Mary Had One Son” is a great way to say goodbye to 2023!
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "We Three Kings" by Williams Brothers

December 24, 2023 • 2 mins
You’re not likely to hear a more creative interpretation of the old carol “We Three Kings” than this one by the Williams Brothers.
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "Christmas Joy" by The Soul Stirrers

December 17, 2023 • 2 mins
The legendary Soul Stirrers recorded a handful of Christmas songs in the late 1960s, including the pop-oriented “Christmas Joy.”
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" by The Gospel Starlets

December 10, 2023 • 2 mins
The Gospel Starlet’s version of the old folk spiritual “Children Go Where I Send Thee” owes much to legendary producer Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” approach.
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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Melvin Boyd and the Fabulous Ohio Wonders

November 26, 2023 • 2 mins
“I’m Going to Work” is a sterling gospel release by the powerful vocalist Melvin Boyd and the Fabulous Ohio Wonders.
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