Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams, known professionally as Shirley Caesar is known as First Lady of Gospel Music. The singer, songwriter and recording artist career has spanned over six decades. Caesar is a multi-award winning artist, with eleven Grammy Awards and seven Dove Awards to her credit.
Category: Gospel Sunday
4/26/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: Reverend “FC” Barnes and Company


Bishop Faircloth “FC” Barnes answered his call to the ministry in 1955. He went on to found the Red Budd Holy Church in 1959, and later lead the flock at the St. Paul Holy Church in Maple Hill, NC were he served as pastor until his death in 2011. A beloved pastor, but it was his music that catapulted him to national prominence. Continue reading
4/19/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: Fred Hammond- I Will Trust


I Will Trust is the twelfth solo album from Contemporary Gospel singer Fred Hammond. The album was released on November 17, 2014 through RCA Records. I Will Trust sees Fred Hammond freshly inspired after he underwent double knee replacement. Feelings of gratefulness and unswerving trust fill the album, which is jubilant—often to a full-tilt extent—even at its most reflective. Continue reading
4/12/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: Donald Lawrence & Lalah Hathaway – Don’t Forget to Remember


Jazz notables Ramsey Lewis and Lalah Hathaway were on hand for a remake of the Bible Stories classic Don’t Forget To Remember. The effort earned Lawrence a total of 7 Stellar Award nominations, and 6 wins. Continue reading
4/14/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Richard Smallwood- Calvary

Calvary is a living testament to an artist, Richard Smallwood, working at the apex of his craft. Continue reading
3/29/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: The Edwin Hawkins Singers


The Edwin Hawkins Singers- Oh Happy Day with Shirley Miller and Ain’t It Like Him featuring Tramaine and Walter Hawkins. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. Edwin Hawkins Singers is probably best known for his arrangement of Oh Happy Day (1968–69), which was included on the Songs of the Century list. Continue reading
3/21/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: Yolanda Adams


Yolanda Yvette Adams is a gospel singer, record producer, actress, and radio host on WBLS. Adams has won four Grammy Awards, sixteen Stellar Gospel Music Awards, four of the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards, one American Music Award, seven NAACP Image Awards, one Soul Train Music Award, and five BET Awards. On December 11, 2009, Billboard Magazine named her the No. 1 Gospel Artist of the last decade. Continue reading
(Repost) 7/25/21 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Inez Andrews


Inez Andrews sings Mary Don’t You Weep with fellow Caravan members Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, Dolores Washington and Shirley Caesar. And rare footage of a live performance of Let The Church Roll On performed by Andrews and The Andrewettes. Continue reading
3/8/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: Dottie Peoples

Dottie Peoples has been a star in the gospel music industry for more than 30 years, since she was nine years old. Called the Songbird of the South by Atlanta WAOK radio announcer Brother Esmond Patterson, Peoples won the top four honors at the 1995 Stellar Awards with her album, On Time God.

On Time God
Peoples’s 1995 album, On Time God, would change her role in gospel music. At the Stellar Awards, she won Female Vocalist of the Year for traditional music, Choir of the Year for traditional music, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for On Time God. That same year, Peoples would receive a Vision Award by Bobby Jones Gospel of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and Gospel Today Magazine. On Time God would also win the Atlanta Gospel Choice Award for Song of the Year.

In 1999, God Can and God Will: Live In Atlanta became her ninth album. She sang songs from the new release to an audience of 4,500 at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. An inspiring 225-member choir backed her performance.
Oh What A Time

God Can
3/1/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: Ledisi- Be Grateful, Tell The World I Love Them, Thank You Lord and Precious Lord


Ledisi has shared her gift at Walter Hawkins Tribute Concert (Be Grateful), Andrea Crouch Final Funeral Service (Tell The World I Love Them) The Potter’s House (Thank You Lord) and Selma (Precious Lord).Ledisi has shared her gift at Walter Hawkins Tribute Concert (Be Grateful), Andrea Crouch Final Funeral Service (Tell The World I Love Them) The Potter’s House (Thank You Lord) and Selma (Precious Lord). This talented recording artist, songwriter and actress played Mahalia Jackson in the historical drama film, Selma. First name means “to bring forth” or “to come here” in Yoruba. Continue reading






