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For almost 60 years, Elder Charles Beck enjoyed widespread recognition as a singer, pianist and trumpeter, as well as a preacher, church leader and civil rights activist. From 1930 until the late...

Widely appreciated for his bluesy and powerful style, blind singer/pianist/choir leader Prof. Harold Boggs, was admired for his ability to write songs with infectious lyrics like,"When It Hits You",...

Prof. Alex Bradford's celebrity rested on his monumental 1954 hit "I'm Too Close To Heaven". In 1962, The Beatles' publicist, Tony Barrow raved about the professor's burning energy and fierce...

Edna Gallmon Cooke was, in all probability, the greatest female gospel star to emerge during the 1950s and 1960s. She combined the down home sound of rural preaching with a vocal style of elevated...

Gay Family God Will Take Care Of You CD1. I'm Goin' to Walk Out in His Name 2. I'm a Soldier 3. God Will Take Care of You 4. That's What I Like About Jesus 5. It's Real 6. God Is on Our Side 7. Oh...

In the late 1950s, The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio, moved up to become one of the most exciting gospel quartets of the 1960s. They followed in the footsteps of the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi and...

Although this 21 track collection of gospel music from 1947-51 aims to honor an individual artist, Prof. James Earle Hines, it just as much pays homage to the St. Paul Baptist Church Choir of Los...

Known for their mesmerizing performances, The Jewell Gospel Trio was on the roster of Nashboro Records, 1955-1958. Group member Canzietta Staton later became soul star Candi Staton. Her most...

25 tracks of Sallie and Cora Martin recorded between 1940-1952. Sallie was a singer, recording artist and gospel song publisher and was the promotional force behind the "Father of Gospel" Thomas A...

26 track South Carolina gospel collection featuring Golden Stars and Reverend Norris Turner. The Golden Stars tracks were recorded between 1958-1973 and Turner's were recorded between 1958-1979...

Georgia Peach was the first prominent female gospel singer, and also the first female singer to plug and record songs by Thomas A. Dorsey years before Mahalia Jackson did the same. Georgia Tom...

27 track collection by the Los Angeles gospel group. The Pilgrim Travelers - along with the Soul Stirrers and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - were the hardest-working, best-dressed,...