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- From Edwin Hawkins and Shirley Miller’s “Oh Happy Day,” which was originally recorded in 1968 and popularized in the 70s, to Andraé Crouch’s “Take Me Back,” (1975) and the Staple Singers, “I’ll Take You There,” (1972) Gospel adapted a more modern, popular music sound that appealed to all generations and opened doors for the next generation of Gospel artists whose beats are so appealing they may get played on secular stations, and touch the hearts of both Christians and non-believers.
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Jun 21, 2021 · From Edwin Hawkins and Shirley Miller’s “Oh Happy Day,” which was originally recorded in 1968 and popularized in the 70s, to Andraé Crouch’s “Take Me Back,” (1975) and the Staple Singers,...
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- “I Will Move on Up A Little Higher” “The Queen of Gospel Mahalia Jackson’s first big hit, and one of the best-selling gospel songs of all time. It was also understood to be an early ‘Freedom Song’ in the African-American community.”
- “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” “Perhaps the best-known, most beloved of all gospel songs. Written by Thomas Dorsey after the loss of his wife and infant child, it is still sung today at virtually every African-American funeral service in the country.”
- “Oh Happy Day” “This song by Edwin Hawkins was the first gospel song to be a hit single in the 1960s, and had a revolutionary combination of gospel choir, stirring chorus and a thoroughly modern beat.”
- “The Reason Why We Sing” “Kirk Franklin did to the ‘80s and ‘90s what Hawkins did to the ‘60s and Andrae Crouch did to the ‘70s, combined straight-ahead gospel with the beat of the day, while paying tribute to the old gospel classic, ‘His Eye is on the Sparrow.’”
From the 1800s to the 20th century, Gospel has changed over time to different rhythms and styles that have brought many elements to gospel music. Using the old style of gospel music, we can study how Andrae Crouch has changed his music style to create this period of the 1970s to 1980s contemporary Gospel.
1930 - 1940 TOMMY DORSEY. Tommy Dorsey. Thomas Dorsey was a seminal gospel song composer whose works like "Precious Lord Take My Hand" and "If You See My Saviour" were profoundly influential in moving black gospel music from the older sounds of hymns and jubilee singing into the polyrhythmic cadences of modern gospel.
Contemporary gospel (CG) refers to music that references God, faith and salvation, and incorporates the rhythms and instrumentation of secular genres. Contemporary gospel songs often are controversial when they first emerge and their authentic ties to the gospel frequently are questioned. Context and History.
Sep 13, 2022 · 1930: Precious Lord, Take My Hand. This song by Thomas A. Dorsey and sung by Mahalia Jackson, was a little different from that of the previous decade. Created in 1932, the song “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” was a more drawn out and ballad type of song.
Jun 7, 2021 · Seemingly overnight, artists like The Imperials morphed from their southern gospel heritage into a more contemporary sound. Other suddenly successful artists like Evie Tornquist (“I’m only 4 foot 11, but I’m going to heaven”) forced us to realize that God was inspiring a whole new sound that clearly wasn’t Jesus Music.
