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She was the creative brains behind the group's musical arrangements and was not afraid to try something new. Some of her gospel songs contain doo-wop vocal techniques culled from current rock and roll songs. One of her most unusual arrangements was "Earnestly Praying", whose music is a cover to a 1961 pop hit, "Tossing' and Turnin'".
The Gospel Sound. Limelight Editions New York 1997; Heilbut, Anthony. Telephone conversation with author; Heilbut, Anthony. When Gospel was gospel (CD Liner notes) Hayes, Cedric J., and Robert Laughton. Gospel Records 1943 - 1969, A Black Music Discography, Volume One. Record Information Services, London, England, 1992. ISBN 978-0-907872-28-3 ...
This is a list of songs written by the American gospel songwriter Dottie Rambo. Rambo wrote over 2500 songs throughout her lifetime, and many have been recorded by hundreds of artists. [1] Songs are listed in alphabetical order and followed in parentheses by other notable artists who have recorded or performed the song.
Russ Taff was born to Joe and Ann Taff on November 11, 1953, the fourth of five sons, and grew up in Farmersville, California. Taff's father was a pastor of a small Pentecostal church - the Eastside Tabernacle Church which was located in an old laundromat - and machinist while his mother, Ann, was a field worker who picked fruit and chopped cotton.
In 1981, while he was playing keyboards for Higher Ground, [11] Smith was signed as a writer to Meadowgreen Music, where he wrote numerous gospel hits penned for artists such as Sandi Patty, Kathy Troccoli, Bill Gaither and Amy Grant, to the effect that some of these popular worship songs can now be found in church hymnals.
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"I'm Working on a Building" is a song in both the African American spiritual and southern gospel traditions. The song has become a standard of the genres. It has been recorded many times, by artists such as The Carter Family, [1] Bill Monroe, [2] Elvis Presley, [3] the Oak Ridge Boys, [3] B. B. King, [4] John Fogerty, [5] The Seldom Scene, [6] and Theo Lawrence.
Brother Joe May (November 9, 1912 – July 14, 1972) was an American gospel singer. He was sometimes billed as "The Thunderbolt of the Middle West", and has been described as "arguably the greatest male soloist in the history of gospel music....