Gospel and R&B singer Roy Hamilton was one of Elvis Presley’s favorite singers. Born in Leesburg, Georgia in 1929, Hamilton began singing in his church choir when he was six years old. When he was 14, Hamilton moved with his …
How The Soul Stirrers’ gospel laid the foundation for rock and soul – by Robert M. Marovich
The Soul Stirrers and the Rock of Salvation By Robert M. Marovich The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan was flush with rock and roll royalty. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards mingled with Stevie Wonder and producer Phil Spector. Gazing around the …
Where’s the line between gospel, rock and soul? A panel of experts explore at screening of How I Got Over
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul project held the Philadelphia premiere of a wonderful new documentary on Sunday, February 25th, 2018 at the Prince Theatre, with a screening of a marvelous documentary How They Got Over: Gospel Quartets and …
Baylor University’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project
In 2005, Robert Darden, gospel historian and professor of journalism, new media and public relations at Baylor University, and author of several books including People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music, wrote an editorial for the New …
An introduction to the GOSPEL ROOTS OF ROCK AND SOUL by Ann Powers
In 1947, a white Southern musical entrepreneur named Lee Roy Abernathy made a move that shook up churchgoing America – and the sound of popular music. That winter, the Georgia-born pianist and songwriter went into an Atlanta studio with his …
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