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The Imperials surprised gospel music fans in February 1972 by hiring Sherman Andrus, a former member of Andrae Crouch and the Disciples to replace Greg Gordon. This made them the first interracial Christian group America had ever seen, [ 8 ] which Andrus jokingly referred as: "to boldly go where no black man had gone before". [ 3 ]
Imperials Live was recorded at two venues: First Baptist Church in Waco, Texas and at The Kingsland Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri to promote their 1977 album Sail On. There are three songs that were recorded from 1976 that resulted in The Lost Album (2006) that the Imperials performed live for this album: "Sonshiny Day," "New Creation" and "I ...
Andrus and other original musicians and backing singers appeared alongside live video recordings of Presley to successfully recreate a 1970s-era Presley concert appearance. [4] On April 2, 1998, Sherman Andrus was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame twice, as a member of The Imperials and as a founding member of Andraé Crouch and the ...
Gospel's Alive and Well: 1971 Time to Get It Together: Morales, Murray, Moscheo, Blackwood, Gordon 1972 Imperials: Morales, Murray, Moscheo, Blackwood, Andrus 1973 Live (double album) 1974 Follow the Man with the Music: 1975 No Shortage: Bob MacKenzie, Gary S. Paxton: 1976 Just Because: 1977 Sail On: Morales, Murray, Will, Taff Dayspring/Word ...
The album charted, but the success did not last. He later served as Music Minister at the First Baptist Church of Colleyvile, Texas. In 2006, Smith's long awaited album Soli Deo was released independently. "Soli Deo is not a huge departure from the musical style that made Paul a highly recognizable voice in contemporary Christian music in the ...
The Very Best of the Imperials is a compilation album by American Christian music group the Imperials, released in late 1981 on DaySpring Records. [2] [3] It is a collection of the Imperials' best songs from the Russ Taff years 1976–1980, covering their four albums Sail On, Heed the Call, One More Song for You and Priority.
Sail On is the 24th studio album by the Christian music vocal group The Imperials.Released in 1977, it is their first album on Word Records' DaySpring label. [2] [3] It is also the first appearance of two new members, Russ Taff on lead vocals and David Will on baritone vocals, in addition to founding member, bass vocalist Armond Morales and tenor Jim Murray.
Heed the Call is the 25th studio album by Christian music group The Imperials, released in 1979 on DaySpring Records. [2] The group won their third Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational for their album Heed the Call at the 22nd Grammy Awards [3] and were named Male Group of the Year at the 11th GMA Dove Awards. [4]