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Eric "Ricky" McKinnie performing at Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo (2018) Eric "Ricky" McKinnie (born July 12, 1952) is a blind American gospel singer, [1] drummer, [2] radio show host, recording studio owner, stage actor, and songwriter, best known for performing with the Blind Boys of Alabama, a gospel group that has won six Grammy Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ...
Growing up in a musical family, he was recruited as a teenager to sing with a gospel group. He later achieved recording and national fame with groups of musicians. In 1964 he started his own group, "Willie Neal Johnson and the Gospel Keynotes." They toured in the Southwest and also produced records for Nashboro Records.
All songs by Bob Dylan, except "Saved," written by Bob Dylan and Tim Drummond. "When You Gonna Wake Up" includes additional lyrics by Lee Williams. "Gotta Serve Somebody" - Shirley Caesar- 5:48 "When You Gonna Wake Up" - Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's - 4:43 "I Believe In You" - Dottie Peoples - 5:25 "Are You Ready" - The Fairfield Four- 2:34
I Go Crazy" spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, [2] which at the time set the record for most weeks on the chart. The follow-up, " Sweet Life ", also did well, peaking at No. 17. On May 17, 1980, his gospel-tinged " Do Right " peaked at No. 23, and Casey Kasem noted the religious aspects of this song, along with other songs before it, on ...
The cover of Frierson's Have You Been Good to Yourself. Johnnie Frierson (June 25, 1945 – April 20, 2010) was an American soul and gospel singer and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. After a short-lived musical career with Stax Records, he served in the U.S. Army and worked as a mechanic, carpenter, and teacher.
[4] [5] His father was a gospel quartet singer, and his grandfather was a preacher. [6] He started singing when he was just a boy, performing with his cousins in Troy. [7] At the age of 14, he visited an uncle in Los Angeles and decided to stay. He enrolled at Thomas Jefferson High School, and in 1955, he started the group Mighty Clouds of Joy. [6]
Praise Him Now" peaked at number 7 on the US Hot Gospel Songs chart, [18] whilst "Love Like Crazy" became Sheard's second Japanese hit, peaking at number 7 on the Japan Hot 100. [19] In January 2009, Sheard performed the Clark Sisters' "Jesus Is a Love Song" at the BMI Trailblazers Luncheon in honor of her aunt Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark. [20]
The newly formed Gospel Keynotes repidly became one of the standout gospel groups in their area and soon got their first big break - an introduction to Mr. Ernie Young, President of Nashboro Records. This meeting resulted in the group being signed to the Nashville based gospel record label and having their first taste of success with a national ...