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Artist: Sanctified Soldiers
Artist: Memphis Sanctified Singers
Led by Bessie Johnson and also featuring Melinda Taylor and Sally Sumler, the Memphis Sanctified Singers recorded several sides for Victor during the late '20s. Though many of their sides were released as Bessie Johnson & Her Sanctified Singers, Harry Smith's popular 1952 folksong compendium Anthology of American Folk Music listed the group as... [+] Read More
Artist: Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
Artist: Louisville Sanctified Singers
Artist: Southern Sanctified Singers
Artist: The Elders McIntorsh and Edwards' Sanctified Singers
A Memphis gospel group led by two elders in the Church of God in Christ, Elders McIntorsh and Edwards' Sanctified Singers recorded several sides for Okeh during the late '20s. Lonnie McIntorsh, one of the leaders, recorded four sides on his own. The group was most renowned for their inclusion on Harry Smith's 1952 folksong compendium Anthology... [+] Read More
Artist: Anthony Davis
This sanctified choral singer has recorded gospel albums with artists such as the countrified Kenny Rogers and the funkified Newsboys. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: James Jones
Gospel artist James Jones is a keyboard player and arranger who accompanies soloists such as Richard Foy as well as tending to various responsibilities involving choirs. His touch has extended beyond the normal realm of sanctified music to the unusually spiritual improvisations of saxophonist Charles Gayle. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Al Caldwell
Engineer Al Caldwell has worked on both gospel and indie rock sessions, and works in some bass playing on his project with the sanctified duo Chris and Kyle. Caldwell is not related to the saxophonist of the same name. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Ernestine Washington
Born in Arkansas, Sister Ernestine B. Washington grew up on the sanctified gospel of the '20s, singing primarily for her husband's church and denomination, Washington Temple C.O.G.I.C. Though inspired by the controlled Baptist style of the Roberta Martin Singers, she had a strident voice and was known to be a singing shouter in the mode of... [+] Read More
Artist: William Clark
Research into the Clark surname indicates that fellows named William Clark frequently have a brother named Kenneth. An example within the sanctified gospel music scene is keyboardist William Clark; his brother Kenneth Clark plays guitar and sings tenor vocals with him in a combo that backs up gospel vocal duo Jim & Cookie. ~ Eugene Chadbourne,... [+] Read More
Artist: Johnny Brown
The marvelous singer Al Green has had something of a monopoly on this talented keyboardist since the mid '70s. Johnny Brown brings more than just one dish to this buffet: his keyboard contributions include well-done '70s style electric piano and deep-dish gospel organ. He has also helped write material for some of Green's sanctified recordings.... [+] Read More
Artist: Golden Eagle Gospel Singers
An Alabamian a cappella outfit that later developed roots in Chicago, The Golden Eagles were formed in the '30s by Thelma Byrd. On a level with The Golden Gate Quartet, their popularity was strongest in the Midwest. Unlike other groups of the time, who were usually male and Baptist, this one was coed and Sanctified. Much of their music had a... [+] Read More
Artist: Arizona Dranes
"Juanita" Arizona Dranes was born in Dallas, Texas around 1905. Born blind, Dranes is believed to have been of Mexican and African-American heritage, and was raised in the Church of God in Christ in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Dranes' enthusiastic shouting and piano playing were so dynamic that they practically recommended themselves, and she... [+] Read More
Artist: Mahalia Jackson
General critical consensus holds Mahalia Jackson as the greatest gospel singer ever to live; a major crossover success whose popularity extended across racial divides, she was gospel's first superstar, and even decades after her death remains for many listeners a defining symbol of the music's transcendent power. With her singularly expressive... [+] Read More
Artist: O.V. Wright
A truly incendiary deep soul performer. O. V. Wright's melismatic vocals and Willie Mitchell's vaunted Hi Rhythm Section combined to make classic Memphis soul during the early '70s. Overton Vertis Wright learned his trade on the gospel circuit with the Sunset Travelers before going secular in 1964 with the passionate ballad "That's How Strong My... [+] Read More
Artist: Blind Willie Davis
The classic American spiritual "When the Saints Go Marching In" is closely identified with Louis Armstrong and New Orleans jazz. At Preservation Hall in the latter city, there is even a sign indicating that the combo will be glad to play the song -- for a 50 dollar tip. (All other requests are only ten dollars per song.) Yet one listen to the... [+] Read More
Artist: Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
The section of Virginia known as the Tidewater region seems to have possessed some kind of magic when it came to the creation of male gospel quartets, at least in the '20s and '30s. These early years of the American recording industry are continually impacted by the public's realization that various genres of music might be entertaining to... [+] Read More
Artist: Richard Huey
If performers could obtain the status of commandments, Richard Huey would probably merit inclusion in the top ten, making essential contributions to the development of sacred gospel music such as writing or co-writing classics including "Hurry Sundown" and "Rock My Soul (In the Bosom of Abraham)" as well as partnering in groundbreaking early... [+] Read More
Artist: God's Children
We're all God's Children, so the saying goes, but when it comes to the history of gospel music it doesn't seem like anyone is. More precisely, scholars have yet to determine just who exactly sang in the group of this name whose 1954 single on the JayDee label has literally been praised to the heavens.
The sanctified power of this combination of... [+] Read More
Artist: Bill Graham
Two people whose names are variations on Bill Graham are essentially a yin and yang in the entertainment business: the Rev. Billy Graham filling halls full of sanctified prayer while rock promoter Bill Graham does the same with hedonistic boogie. In the meantime, at least a half dozen instrumentalists with the identical name have toiled away... [+] Read More
