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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.
Gospel’s influence on R&B is quite profound, considering many artists, like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, got their start singing in church. Likewise, gospel music was, in many ways, the ...
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 ...
The song appeared as "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Had" in 1867 in Slave Songs of the United States with additional verses. [2] [3] Arranger Hugo Frey used this version in his 1924 collection Famous Negro Spirituals published by Robbins Music.
Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration is a gospel album by various artists, released in 1992 on Warner Alliance.Executive produced by Norman Miller, Gail Hamilton and Mervyn Warren, it is a reinterpretation of the 1741 oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel, and has been widely praised for its use of multiple genres of African-American music, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, big ...
Twinkie Clark, chief executive writer, and arranger for the American gospel group The Clark Sisters is widely credited as the originator of the classic shout sound in contemporary gospel music. [3] In its most standard form, shout music is characterized by very fast tempo , chromatic basslines and piano / organ chords , snare hits and hand ...
Black Nativity is an adaptation of the Nativity story by Langston Hughes, performed by an entirely black cast.Hughes was the author of the book, with the lyrics and music being derived from traditional Christmas carols, sung in gospel style, with a few songs created specifically for the show.
on YouTube " Almost Like Praying " is a song written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and recorded by him and numerous other artists under the collective name Artists for Puerto Rico. The song was released on October 6, 2017 by Atlantic Records to support relief efforts in Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Maria , which struck the island in September 2017.