Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments

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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.

  • 3 minutes
    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.
    18 May 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 3 minutes
    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.
    11 May 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 3 minutes
    SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Singing Corinthians
    The otherwise unknown Singing Corinthians deliver an impassioned version of the old spiritual, “The Lord Will Provide.”
    8 May 2025, 6:37 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.
    27 April 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.
    20 April 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.”
    13 April 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.
    6 April 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.
    30 March 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.
    23 March 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.
    16 March 2025, 1:40 pm
  • 2 minutes
    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.”
    9 March 2025, 1:40 pm
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