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On February 19, 1992, the Gaither Vocal Band had just wrapped up a recording session in a Nashville, Tennessee, working on an album called Homecoming, which featured many of the great voices of southern gospel music: The Speers, The Gatlins, Jake Hess, The Cathedrals, Howard & Vestal Goodman, Buck Rambo, Eva Mae Lefevre, James Blackwood, Hovie Lister, Jim Hill, and J.D. Sumner & The Stamps.
May 2 – Tommy West, 78, music producer and singer-songwriter; May 3 – Lloyd Price, 88, singer-songwriter and businessman; May 6 – Pervis Staples, 85, gospel singer; May 8 – Curtis Fuller, 86, jazz trombonist; May 13 – Norman Simmons, 91, jazz pianist and arranger; Jack Terricloth, 50, dark cabaret singer; Bill Tsamis, 60, metal guitarist
I Got The Feeling" peaked at #12 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and "I Wanna Come Back Home" peaked at #46 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [ 2 ] After the group broke up, Drakeford started a solo career as Big Bub while Singletary, Adams, and McCain wrote songs and tried unsuccessfully to get a deal as a trio.
In 1956, he released Hymns, his first gospel music album, which remained on Billboard ' s Top Album charts for 277 consecutive weeks; his album Great Gospel Songs won a Grammy Award in 1964 and was nominated for several others. [6] [17] After the NBC show ended, Ford moved his family to Portola Valley in northern California.
Gary Arnold was added on bass guitar and 13-year-old drummer Jim Ford came close behind with Tom Bailey on Rhythm. The name Kingdom Heirs was chosen by the group from James 2:5. After they began expanding their singing beyond local churches, Wilson, Parker, and Arnold left the group for various reasons, and Steve Gouge replaced Arnold on bass ...
The Wings of a Dove: The Story of Gospel Music in America. Norfolk: Donning, 1978. [ISBN missing] Boyer, Horace Clarence. How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel. Elliott and Clark, 1995. ISBN 0-252-06877-7. Broughton, Viv. Too Close to Heaven: The Illustrated History of Gospel Music. Midnight Books, 1996. ISBN 1-900516-00-4.
His music recording career commenced in 2000, with the release of Featuring Visions: A Choral Ministry by Muscle Shoals Records on February 1, 2000, [5] and it was produced by Dorothy Norwood. [1] The subsequent album, Created 2 Worship , was released on May 5, 2009, by Tyscot Records , [ 5 ] and this was his breakthrough released upon the ...
In the latter part of his life and career, James Blackwood formed The James Blackwood Quartet along with Ken Turner at bass, Larry Ford at tenor, and Ray Shelton at baritone. The group performed a short while before folding in the late 1990s.