Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments
Author and Baylor University professor Robert Darden tells stories and plays recordings from the Baylor University Libraries' Black Gospel Music Restoration Project in an ongoing weekly series of two-minute segments. The podcast explores the distinctly African-American sound of the 'Golden Age of Gospel' (1945-1975). It presents cultural snapshots that reveal the depth of a people, their community, and the influence they have had on the rest of American music.
Episodes
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'Somebody Touched Me' by Washington Temple Camp Meeting Choir
Sister Ernestine Washington’s recording of “Somebody Touched Me” with the Washington Temple Camp Meeting Choir shows us just why she was called the COGIC “Songbird of the East.”
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'God Put a Rainbow in the Sky' by Bishop Lawson's Radio Choir
The Bishop Lawson Radio Choir, directed by Prof. Clinton Utterbach, recorded some powerful gospel music in the 1950s, including this rendition of “God Put a Rainbow in the Sky,” featuring James Lowe.
SHOUT! BLACK GOSPEL MUSIC MOMENTS - What a Friend We Have in Jesus - Reba Jones
Reba Jones takes the old gospel tune “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and turns it into a breathless, double-timed rave up vamp!
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - God Can by The Mighty Sons of Glory
With ferocious songs like “God Can (Never Underestimate),” you’ll wonder by Tommie Ligons and the Mighty Sons of Glory weren’t bigger gospel music stars!
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - All These Things to Me by The Stars of Virginia
The Stars of Virginia’s “All These Things to Me” is a joyous romp – the fitting legacy of a great group that disappeared too soon.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Gone by Teddy Huffman and the Gems
Teddy Huffman and the Gems were the only all-Black gospel group to rule the Southern Gospel music circuit with hit songs like “Gone.”
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - God is Still on the Throne by The Mighty Southern Echoes of Washington D.C.
The incredibly obscure Mighty Southern Echoes of Washington D.C. have become a favorite of rare gospel vinyl collectors with songs like “God is Still on the Throne.”
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Get Right Church by Lillie Jenkins
Lillie Jenkins’ “Get Right Church” is a killer gospel vamp, driven by Jenkins’ confident, brassy vocals.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Walk Right, Feel Right by The Gospel Commanders
Despite muddy production, the Gospel Commanders’ soulful, chaotic “Walk Right, Feel Right” is an exciting 2-minute slice of Southern soul gospel.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Precious Memories by Prof. J. Earle Hines and the Goodwill Singers
Though little-known today, Prof. J. Earle Hines and the Goodwill Singers, with songs like “Precious Memories,” were major gospel artists in the 1940s and ‘50s.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'It Rained' by Katie Jackson and the GosPearl Community Choir.
Powerhouse vocalist Katie Jackson is joined by the GosPearl Community Choir on the up tempo gospel rave up, “It Rained.”
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "Winding Chain” by Sons of Faith
The otherwise unknown Sons of Faith’s recording “Winding Chain” is a superb example of Deep South soulful gospel, a mournful, heartfelt two-minute gem.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "No Greater Love" by Keith Pringle and the Pentecostal Community Choir
Keith Pringle and the Pentecostal Community Choir’s version of Jeffrey LaValley’s “No Greater Love” was an instant classic.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - “The Non-Violent Man,” by Bill Spivey and the Sons of Truth
Bill Spivey and the Sons of Truth’s vibrant, up tempo “The Non-Violent Man” was a tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "Let Freedom Ring" by Pinkard Singers
The otherwise unknown Pinkard Singers released a single – but highly engaging -- 45 for the short-lived RaptureA label in the early 1970s, “Let Freedom Ring.”
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "I Am A Pilgrim" by Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters was a national treasure during her lifetime and increasingly turned to religious music later in life, including this sprightly version of the old folk spiritual, “I am a Pilgrim.”
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "Roll Jordan, Roll" by Rev. Kenneth Glover
The Rev. Kenneth Glover turns the old spiritual “Roll Jordan, Roll” into an amped up “sending song” of the highest order.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "Reflections of the Man Inside" by Eddie Robinson
Eddie Robinson’s “Reflections of the Man Inside” also features top Motown producers, arrangers and musicians.
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "I'm Saved" by J.C. White Singers
Some of New York’s finest musicians accompany the J.C. White Singers on the funky, jazzy gospel hit, “I’m Saved.”
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'Mountain Railroad' by The Rev. June Cheeks
The Rev. June Cheeks was one of the greatest shouters and testifiers in the history of gospel music – as his rendition of “Mountain Railroad” will surely prove!
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