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Linwood Heath, the “Gospel Historian,” is a Philadelphia gospel radio legend. Born and raised in Philadelphia, experienced his first taste of gospel music in high school when he joined with five classmates and found the Savoy Singers. WDAS Radio personality, …
Gospel pioneers The Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. Over their long, acclaimed history, they have become known as much for their secular music as they have been for their gospel. Truth …
The title song to The Staple Singers’ 1965 album Freedom Highway was written by Roebuck “Pops” Staples, the patriarch and leader of the first family of gospel that included Pops and his daughters Cleotha, Purvis, Yvonne and Mavis. Pops learned …
