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LaBreeska Hemphill (February 4, 1940 - December 9, 2015) was an American Southern gospel performer. She was a member of The Happy Goodman Family and The Hemphills. With her husband and children, she won eight GMA Dove Awards and three BMI Awards, and she was inducted into the Dollywood Gospel Hall of Fame and the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame.
The Southern Gospel industry became disenchanted with the direction that the GMA was heading and a new organization, the Southern Gospel Music Association, was formed by Charles Waller. [9] However, in 1985, this organization was absorbed by the GMA. [7] [9] A new, independent Southern Gospel Music Association was formed in 1995. [7] [10] [11]
Howard’s wife Vestal joined the group following their marriage in 1949. Bass singer Bill Huie was with the group for awhile in the 1950s as was drummer Jake Hand and accordionist Harold Patrick. Howard’s niece LaBreeska, daughter of Gussie Mae, sang with the group prior to her marriage to Joel Hemphill.
It was the first Grammy awarded for a gospel album by a gospel group. The Goodmans also won the same award in 1978 (only then called Best Gospel Performance, Traditional) for Refreshing. In 1969, with the founding of the Gospel Music Association and the GMA's Dove Awards, the Goodmans were honored that year too
J.B. Mance, a Gospel artist known for songs like 'Hold On' and 'Don't Trust a Snake,' died in a house fire in Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday morning.
Children's Music Album of the Year God Likes Kids; Joel and Labreeska Hemphill; Benson; Musical Album of the Year A Mighty Fortress; Steve Green, Dwight Liles, Niles Borop; Sparrow; Short Form Music Video of the Year "Famine In Their Land"; The Nelons; Robert Deaton, George Flanigen, directors; Word; Long Form Music Video of the Year
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Hemphill thereafter became an outspoken opponent of Trump, taking her argument to CNN and telling USA Today last summer that the Republican was an aspiring dictator and that she would be voting ...