Leonard Lopate’s annual Good Friday and Easter Gospel show.
Music:
CD2/16 "The Sun Didn’t Shine" Alphabetical 4 (as good as it gets/1943)
3 "Wasn’t It a Pity How They Punished My Lord" Clara Ward & the Famous Ward Singers (Martha Bass)
16 "Poor Little Jesus" Marion Williams (My Soul Looks Back )
12 "One Day" The Soul Stirrers (Just a Closer…) [RH Harris/Aladdin c1947]
14 "Out on a Hill" The Soul Stirrers (Beloved Songs of Easter) [Johnnie Taylor and Paul Foster]
10 "I’m Glad Salvation Is Free" Mahalia Jackson (The Apollo Sessions Vol. 2 1946-1951)
9 "The Hammer Rings" Mme. Edna Gallmon Cooke (Beloved Songs of Easter/3:02)
15 "Jesus, Jesus" Spirit of Memphis (Jed Bledsoe, Silas Steele 1949)
10 "How Jesus Died" Pilgrim Travelers (Beloved Songs of Easter/3:02) [Geo. McCurn, bass; Jess Whitaker, baritone lead, early 50’s]
11 "That Day on Calvary" Swan Silvertones (Belov’d Sgs of Easter/ 2:33) [Claude Jeter]
5 "Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down" Sis Rosetta Tharpe (the gospel sound of spirit feel
Music:
CD2/16 "The Sun Didn’t Shine" Alphabetical 4 (as good as it gets/1943)
3 "Wasn’t It a Pity How They Punished My Lord" Clara Ward & the Famous Ward Singers (Martha Bass)
16 "Poor Little Jesus" Marion Williams (My Soul Looks Back )
12 "One Day" The Soul Stirrers (Just a Closer…) [RH Harris/Aladdin c1947]
14 "Out on a Hill" The Soul Stirrers (Beloved Songs of Easter) [Johnnie Taylor and Paul Foster]
10 "I’m Glad Salvation Is Free" Mahalia Jackson (The Apollo Sessions Vol. 2 1946-1951)
9 "The Hammer Rings" Mme. Edna Gallmon Cooke (Beloved Songs of Easter/3:02)
15 "Jesus, Jesus" Spirit of Memphis (Jed Bledsoe, Silas Steele 1949)
10 "How Jesus Died" Pilgrim Travelers (Beloved Songs of Easter/3:02) [Geo. McCurn, bass; Jess Whitaker, baritone lead, early 50’s]
11 "That Day on Calvary" Swan Silvertones (Belov’d Sgs of Easter/ 2:33) [Claude Jeter]
5 "Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down" Sis Rosetta Tharpe (the gospel sound of spirit feel
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