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 on-going weekly series of two-minute segments. Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975). The series celebrates this fertile musical period in American history, presenting cultural snapshots that reveal the depth of a people, their community, and the influence they have had on the rest of American music.
Sun, June 29, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Rosie Wallace and the First Church of Love, Faith, and Deliverance Choir
Few could match the power of Evangelist Rosie Wallace and the First Church of Love, Faith and Deliverance Choir of Philadelphia!
Sun, June 22, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Harold Smith Majestics
The Harold Smith Majestics could sing anything, from light classic to gospelized Broadway tunes to classic gospel like “The Lord Will Carry You Through.”
Sun, June 15, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Newberry Singers
Led by Edwin Newberry, the always innovative Newberry Singers sound like no other gospel group on their own composition, “Trouble Will Soon Be Over.”
Sun, June 08, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Sarah Vaughan
The incomparable Sarah Vaughan recorded a handful of spirituals during her long career, including this gentle version of “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”
Sun, June 01, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Patterson Singers
The Patterson Singers’ “I’m Moving Up” features an irresistibly up tempo closing gospel vamp.
Sun, May 25, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Swanee Quintet
In there more than 70 years together, the Swanee Quintet released a host of great gospel songs, including this one - “The Lord’s on My Side.”
Sun, May 18, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Harmonettes
The legendary Dorothy Love Coates was one of the true stars of gospel music and her powerful “99 ½ Won’t Do” was adopted as a freedom song during the civil rights movement.
Sun, May 11, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Rev. Morgan Babb
The Rev. Morgan Babb’s passionate version of “Lord, You’ve Been Good to Me” spontaneously emerges from the altar call during one of his legendary sermons.
Thu, May 08, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Singing Corinthians
The otherwise unknown Singing Corinthians deliver an impassioned version of the old spiritual, “The Lord Will Provide.”
Sun, April 27, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Blend Wright Trio
The Blend Wright Trio were a poppy, upbeat gospel group led by the multi-talented Eleanor Wright, who recorded for Savoy in the 1960s.
Sun, April 20, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Bible Way Church of God
The Bible Way Church of God Choir’s “What Do You Say About Jesus?” features the church’s longtime pastor, Little Abraham Swanson.
Sun, April 13, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Melody Kings
The LP Believe in Me by the Melody Kings features a rousing version of Lee Wallace’s gospel rave up, “I Pray.”
Sun, April 06, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Kindly Sheperds
The Kindly Shepherds’ “Lend Me Your Hand,” produced by Monk Higgins, is much coveted by Northern Soul vinyl collectors.
Sun, March 30, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Willie Banks
Willie Banks’ titanic sermon song “Things I Can’t Change” features one of the most powerful vocal performances in gospel music.
Sun, March 23, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Heavenly Stars of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“Leaning on the Lord” is an incredibly infectious gospel rave up by the otherwise unknown Heavenly Stars of Milwaukee.
Sun, March 16, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Bishop John D. Bright Sr and the Choirs of the St. James A.M.E.
The St. James A.M.E. Youth Choir dedicates “I Don’t Know Why He Loves Me” to their beloved pastor, Bishop John D. Bright Sr.
Sun, March 09, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Gwen Carter
Prepare to be moved by Gwen Curtis’ impassioned vocals on this titanic version of John Stallings’ “Learning to Lean.”
Sun, March 02, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Rev. Oris Mays
The Rev. Oris Mays was one of the true originals of the incomparable gospel music scene in Memphis.
Sun, February 23, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Selah Jubilee Singers
One of the earliest jubilee groups to record, the Selah Jubilee Singers’ close-harmony “Judgment’s Coming” is one of their best-loved numbers.
Sun, February 16, 2025
SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Mary Brown and the United Echoes
The lone known recording by Mary Brown and the United Echoes is a spirit-filled romp titled “The Judgment.”
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