Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
William Earl Becton, Jr. (born December 31, 1968) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1995, with the release of, Broken , that was released by Intersound Records . His second album, Heart of a Love Song , was released by CGI Records in association with A&M Records in 1997.
Kramer was so impressed [43] by the choir's subsequent audition [32] that he promptly launched The Negro Hour on July 11, 1937, [24] for which Settle's choir provided the music. [ 46 ] In addition to the choir's musical performances, The Negro Hour featured guests who would talk about issues facing Blacks; the first program's guests were Rev. H ...
List of gospel songs which have reported sales of 1 million units or higher but are uncertified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Though " I'll Take You There " by The Staple Singers was certified Gold on January 31, 2019, for digital sales of 500,000 units, [ 4 ] its physical sales of 1.5 million units, reported on May 6 ...
WOW Gospel 1998 is a gospel music compilation album in the WOW series. It was released on January 27, 1998, and is the first WOW album to feature and focus on contemporary gospel in the wake of its growing popularity at the time, thus setting high standard for future releases. It reached chart position 100 on the Billboard 200, and second place ...
During a special diocesan convention held in 1979, Beckham was elected as the sixth Bishop of Upper South Carolina. [4] Beckham was consecrated on October 5, 1979, at Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina. [5] Beckham retired in 1994. Between 1991 and 1997, he was a trustee and chair of the New York-based Church Pension Fund.
Traditional gospel music is older forms of gospel music. Traditional black gospel, which originated among African-Americans in the early 20th century; Gospel blues, whose popularity peaked in the 1940s and 1950s; Southern gospel, also known as "white gospel" Bluegrass gospel, religious songs out of the bluegrass folk music traditions
Writing for Allmusic, critic Jason Ankeny wrote that the album is "simply too brief to stand as a definitive collection of the guitarist's spiritual recordings; his instrumental work is impeccable of course, but performances of favorites like "Amazing Grace," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and "The Old Rugged Cross" pass by too quickly to properly whet the listener's appetite."
WOW Gospel 2001 is a gospel music compilation album in the WOW series.Released February 6, 2001, it comprises thirty-two songs on a double disc set. The album reached 75 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2001, and hit number one in both 2001 and 2002 on the Top Gospel Albums chart.