“When I think of Gospel music of the 70s I think of the cultural renaissance that period was and the beginning of a clearer distinction between Traditional Gospel and Contemporary Gospel ...

He attended church and listened to both black and white gospel music, developing an appreciation for quartets ... performances in the late 1960s and '70s at the International Hotel.

"Gospel quartets" is the name of the style Shipp like to play — though the groups weren't limited to just four people. The style features close harmonies, similar to doo wop. At some point ...

The next decade would usher in what's known as, "Gospel's Golden Age," when lead singers, quartets and choirs broke through to staggering levels of fame and sales. ♪ Without a father without a ...

DARRELL LUSTER: In the '70s, when they began the gospel division ... KAHN: Malaco soon signed a number of legendary gospel quartets like The Soul Stirrers and the Sensational Nightingales.

Although strictly a gospel singer during her time ... Her voice carried people through from the ’40s to the ’70s, crossing boundaries even when racism threatened her at her front door.

In the director Robert Clem’s documentary about gospel quartets and their undeniable influence on rock ’n’ roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe has competition. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ...

which has since become one of the most important albums in history for its unique blend of soul, funk, gospel and jazz music. The album also addressed social issues such as poverty, war and racism ...

Formed from the melding of soul, funk, and jazz with gospel and rock influences ... gave rise to the funk and disco bands of the ’70s and ’80s, leading to groups reminiscent of the doo ...

An immigrant from Argentina who made his home in the United States, Palau became one of Billy Graham’s most prominent successors and shared the gospel in ... 1960s and ’70s, Ecuador’s ...

These words of the opening prologue of the fourth gospel provide a clue to the nature of this work: it stands apart from the three synoptic gospels. It has often been called the "spiritual gospel ...

In the mid-‘70s, they’d begun signing old gospel quartets, groups that had flourished on defunct labels like Peacock and Nashboro. “Malaco, as they did with the soul-blues artists ...