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Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...
Black composer and musician Thomas A. Dorsey, became a highly influential figure in Black gospel music beginning in the 1920s and 1930s. He earned the title of the “Father of Gospel Music” for ...
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
What most African Americans would identify today as "gospel" began in the early 20th century. The gospel music that Thomas A. Dorsey, Sallie Martin, Willie Mae Ford Smith and other pioneers popularized had its roots in the blues as well as in the more freewheeling forms of religious devotion of "Sanctified" or "Holiness" churches—sometimes called "holy rollers" by other denominations — who ...
Father's Day is the perfect time to show Dad a little extra appreciation, whether it be in the form of a thoughtful quote, DIY card, home-cooked meal, or custom playlist filled with only the best ...
June 16 sounds like a perfect day to share a dance with your favorite guy. Grab your dad and dedicate one of these best Father's Day songs to your dad.
In 2021, he was among the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. [35] On May 21, 2021, Franklin and American rapper Lil Baby released the song "We Win" for the soundtrack to the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy. [36] On October 14, 2023, Franklin released his thirteenth studio album, Father's Day.
Murphy's music career began with the release of All Day on August 16, 2005, on Epic Records. [4] This peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. [5] His second album, The Sound, was released by Central South Records on May 1, 2007, [6] peaking at No. 23 on the same chart. [5]