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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

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Newberry Singers

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2025/06/15

Led by Edwin Newberry, the always innovative Newberry Singers sound like no other gospel group on their own composition, “Trouble Will Soon Be Over.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Sarah Vaughan

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2025/06/08

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.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Patterson...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/06/01

The Patterson Singers’ “I’m Moving Up” features an irresistibly up tempo closing gospel vamp.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Swanee Quintet

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2025/05/25

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.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Dorothy Love...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/05/18

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.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Rev. Morgan Babb

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2025/05/11

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.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Singing Corinthians

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/05/08

The otherwise unknown Singing Corinthians deliver an impassioned version of the old spiritual, “The Lord Will Provide.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Blend Wright...

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2025/04/27

The Blend Wright Trio were a poppy, upbeat gospel group led by the multi-talented Eleanor Wright, who recorded for Savoy in the 1960s.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Bible Way...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/04/20

The Bible Way Church of God Choir’s “What Do You Say About Jesus?” features the church’s longtime pastor, Little Abraham Swanson.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Melody Kings

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2025/04/13

The LP Believe in Me by the Melody Kings features a rousing version of Lee Wallace’s gospel rave up, “I Pray.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Kindly Sheperds

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/04/06

The Kindly Shepherds’ “Lend Me Your Hand,” produced by Monk Higgins, is much coveted by Northern Soul vinyl collectors.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Willie Banks

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/03/30

Willie Banks’ titanic sermon song “Things I Can’t Change” features one of the most powerful vocal performances in gospel music.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Heavenly Stars of...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/03/23

“Leaning on the Lord” is an incredibly infectious gospel rave up by the otherwise unknown Heavenly Stars of Milwaukee.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Bishop John D....

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/03/16

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.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Gwen Carter

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/03/09

Prepare to be moved by Gwen Curtis’ impassioned vocals on this titanic version of John Stallings’ “Learning to Lean.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Rev. Oris Mays

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/03/02

The Rev. Oris Mays was one of the true originals of the incomparable gospel music scene in Memphis.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Selah Jubilee...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/02/23

One of the earliest jubilee groups to record, the Selah Jubilee Singers’ close-harmony “Judgment’s Coming” is one of their best-loved numbers.

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Mary Brown and...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/02/16

The lone known recording by Mary Brown and the United Echoes is a spirit-filled romp titled “The Judgment.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Swindell...

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/02/09

The Swindell Brothers with Bishop J.J. Wilkerson were one of the more unique quartets in gospel music – witness their charming “Judge Not.”

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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Bells of Zion

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments ·

2025/02/02

The Bells of Zion were practitioners of a particular sub-genre, a soulful, particularly Southern brand of downhome gospel music.

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