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The Imperials surprised gospel music fans in February 1972 by hiring Sherman Andrus, a former member of Andrae Crouch and the Disciples to replace Greg Gordon. This made them the first interracial Christian group America had ever seen, [ 8 ] which Andrus jokingly referred as: "to boldly go where no black man had gone before". [ 3 ]
Sail On is the 24th studio album by the Christian music vocal group The Imperials.Released in 1977, it is their first album on Word Records' DaySpring label. [2] [3] It is also the first appearance of two new members, Russ Taff on lead vocals and David Will on baritone vocals, in addition to founding member, bass vocalist Armond Morales and tenor Jim Murray.
Terry Blackwood is the son of Doyle Blackwood, original co-founder of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet. Terry's distinctive vocal styling has been featured on many chart topping singles while associated with two highly acclaimed vocal groups, The Imperials and Andrus, Blackwood & Co.
Sherman Andrus (born June 23, 1942) is an American gospel singer, who is probably best known as the man who broke the "color barrier" by becoming the first African-American lead singer of a mainstream Christian music group (The Imperials). He has been a very prolific artist who has been involved in one way or another with forty gospel albums to ...
The Very Best of the Imperials is a compilation album by American Christian music group the Imperials, released in late 1981 on DaySpring Records. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a collection of the Imperials' best songs from the Russ Taff years 1976–1980, covering their four albums Sail On , Heed the Call , One More Song for You and Priority .
Russ Taff was born to Joe and Ann Taff on November 11, 1953, the fourth of five sons, and grew up in Farmersville, California. Taff's father was a pastor of a small Pentecostal church - the Eastside Tabernacle Church which was located in an old laundromat - and machinist while his mother, Ann, was a field worker who picked fruit and chopped cotton.
Gospel's Alive and Well: 1971 Time to Get It Together: Morales, Murray, Moscheo, Blackwood, Gordon 1972 Imperials: Morales, Murray, Moscheo, Blackwood, Andrus 1973 Live (double album) 1974 Follow the Man with the Music: 1975 No Shortage: Bob MacKenzie, Gary S. Paxton: 1976 Just Because: 1977 Sail On: Morales, Murray, Will, Taff Dayspring/Word ...
One More Song for You is the 26th studio album by the Christian music group The Imperials, released in late 1979 on DaySpring Records. [2] It was the first of two albums that the group collaborated with well-known musician/producer Michael Omartian, moving them to a more contemporary pop sound, with the second being their next album Priority (1980).