

Aretha Franklin performs Precious Lord, a favorite song of her father Reverend C. L. Franklin and Dr. Martin Luther King. Continue reading


Aretha Franklin performs Precious Lord, a favorite song of her father Reverend C. L. Franklin and Dr. Martin Luther King. Continue reading

Jennifer Phillips performs Mary Mary’s Shackles on X Factor Global (UK). Continue reading


Gospel Queen Mahalia Jackson performing Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho on the Nat King Cole show. Continue reading
Bishop Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir singing Second Chance led by Monique Walker. Continue reading


Oh Happy Day is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th-century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969. Hawkins’ arrangement quickly became a “standard” and has been recorded by hundreds of artists. It was included on the RIAA Songs of the Century list and won Hawkins a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1970. Continue reading

Tramaine Hawkins performs Coming Home and Going Up Yonder at Albertina Walker Memorial Concert (October 16, 2010). Continue reading


Fred Hammond and Radical For Christ perform Yes My Father Is from the 2000 album Purpose By Design.
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Kelontae Gavin, an energetic contemporary gospel vocalist from Ridgeville, South Carolina, unwittingly launched his career with a performance of the Rev. Paul Jones’ “I Won’t Complain.” Recorded in his high-school cafeteria in 2014 and uploaded to YouTube, the interpretation caught the attention of Atlanta-based pastor and music executive Marquis Boone. Continue reading

Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers single For Every Mountain from his 1997 album No One Else featuring Yvette Williams lead vocal became a fiery gospel anthem. Continue reading