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Swing Low Sweet Chariot
ListenSwing Low Sweet Chariot by The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers' second album consists of songs recorded in 1959 and 1961, and there's not a dud...

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Classic African American Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
ListenClassic African American Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways by Various Artists - Smithsonian Folkways

This grab bag sampler of African-American gospel from the Folkways archives is a solid, all-encompa...

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Retrospective
ListenRetrospective by Blind Boys Of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama were never the very best Golden Age-era a cappella gospel act. But they h...

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Essential Contemporary Christian Music by Mike McGonigal

In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, a small group of determined artists sought to revitalize Christian and gospel music by mixing it with pop and rock. With time, the music grew and grew until it developed into a multi-million dollar industry, with its own stadium tours, trade shows and awards ceremonies. There are Christian analogues to every single secular form of music, including the most abrasive noise music. There are also forms that exist solely in the Christian realm, such as the rousing ‘90s phenomenon of praise...
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Elder Charles Beck (1946-1947)

From the Vaults: Elder Charles Beck's Rock & Roll Sermon! by Michael James McGonigal

It's 1956. Dwight Eisenhower is president, the Cold War is raging and Elvis Presley has revolutionized popular culture with "Blue Suede Shoes." After three notes on a big old church organ, we hear a preacher's voice, followed instantly by shouts from his congregation. "Subject: rock & roll! Can I get an Amen?!" he shout-sings (and yes, he receives enthusiastic "Amen"s). This guy's already revved up about a hot topic on pulpits all over the United States. "Rock & roll has just about brought about the disintegration of...
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