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The Clark Sisters, an American gospel vocal group consisting of five sisters; Clefs of Lavender Hill, a rock vocal group from Miami, Florida, formed around the nucleus of brother and sister Travis and Coventry Fairchild; Cleopatra, teen vocal trio originally based in Manchester, England with sisters Cleo, Yonah, and Zainam Higgins
The Barrett Sisters made their first appearance on radio and television in the 1960s. They have appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Bobby Jones Show," "Living the Dream", a television tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, PBS special "Going Home to Gospel with Patti LaBelle", along with Gospel Queen Albertina Walker, and the "PTL Club".
An early reference to the older song, "Gospel Plow," is in Alan Lomax's 1949 book Our Singing Country. [1] [2] [3] The book references a 1937 recording by Elihu Trusty of Paintsville, Kentucky, which is in the Library of Congress (Ref No .1397 A1). Lomax's references for Gospel Plow cite two earlier works.
"This Train", also known as "This Train Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional African-American gospel song first recorded in 1922. Although its origins are unknown, the song was relatively popular during the 1920s as a religious tune, and it became a gospel hit in the late 1930s for singer-guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe. [1]
Lomax, the Hound of Music (stylized in all caps; sometimes shortened to Lomax) is a 2008 American children's television series that uses a combination of puppets, live actors, live music and animation to promote musical education towards young children (specifically ages 3 to 7 years).
The first recording of the song was by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in 1915. [1] [5] The folklorist Alan Lomax recorded several traditional variants of the song in the 1930s, 40s and 50s across the United States, from Mississippi [6] to Ohio [7] to Michigan, [8] including one version by Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) of Louisiana in 1935.
Mary Elizabeth Jones (February 8, 1902 – July 17, 1984) [1] was an American gospel and folk singer credited with helping to bring folk songs, games and stories to wider audiences in the 20th century. Alan Lomax, who first encountered Jones on a field recording trip in 1959, said, "She was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her the ...
[7] [8] The first television appearance of the Clark Sisters was on TV Gospel Time. [9] The following year, Dr. Mattie Moss Clark Presents the Clark Sisters was released and people around Detroit began to take notice of the group. The Clark Sisters signed to Sound of Gospel Records in 1974.