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The group's concerts featured several duet songs by "Dad" and "Mom" Speer, and several songs with Brock singing alto and Rosa Nell singing lead. In 1934, "Dad" Speer accepted a full-time job with the Vaughan Music Company. This position afforded greater financial security for the family. Also in the mid 1920s/early 1930s, two more siblings ...
Speer has contributed to both the technical and business aspects of Southern gospel music. Speer was the longtime music director for the Gaither Homecoming series. [6] The Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame's website noted his technical accomplishments as follows: "Ben chose experimenting with sound equipment as a hobby. He has excelled in ...
Brock Speer (December 28, 1920 – March 29, 1999) [1] sang bass for the Speer Family Southern Gospel musical group and was a leader in Southern Gospel music.. One might say that Southern Gospel music was Speer's life.
Years later, she said, "Brock Speer was like a daddy to me." [ 2 ] While she sang with the Speers, she was named Female Vocalist of the Year four times (1971-72-73-74) during the GMA Dove Awards. She also was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Speer Family in 1998.
Rosa Nell Powell (née Speer; September 22, 1922 [1] – May 16, 2017) [2] was an American southern gospel singer who sang with the well-known Speer Family.She was born in Double Springs, Alabama, the second child (and oldest daughter) of George Thomas "GT" Speer and Lena (née Brock) Speer [3] (known to most people in Southern gospel music as "Dad" and "Mom" Speer), who led and helped found ...
Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music.Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States.Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.
The group continued to advance, placing second in a "Southern Lights" talent show competition. The group "323," consists of Ben Carringer (left), Kinsley Treadwell (middle), Jonathan Perry (middle ...
Mary Tom Reid (née Speer; June 13, 1925 [1] – September 16, 2014) [2] was an American southern gospel singer who sang with the well-known Speer Family Gospel Choir from the 1920s until her official retirement in 1954 and again from the 1980s until the group's official retirement in 1997.