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Vestal Goodman (December 13, 1929 – December 27, 2003) was a singer who performed in the Southern gospel genre for more than half a century. [1] She was known for her work as a solo performer and as a member of the Happy Goodman Family—which originated with her husband and his brothers and sisters—one of the pioneering groups in southern gospel music.
Howard "Happy" Goodman (November 7, 1921 – November 30, 2002) was an American gospel singer. [1] In 1949, he founded the vocal group The Happy Goodman Family which included combinations of all eight Goodman siblings and his wife Vestal Goodman (née Freeman).
Howard Goodman (eldest of eight children) had been traveling as an evangelist and gradually began to form his seven siblings into a gospel singing group. Until the late 1950s there were various combinations of all eight brothers and sisters, always including Howard, and after 1949 his wife Vestal.
Goodman performed with The Plainsmen Quartet but he is better known with his family group, The Happy Goodman Family, where he sang along with his brothers Howard, Sam, Bobby and his sister-in-law Vestal Goodman. He is also the father of Tanya Goodman Sykes, singer/songwriter and former member of The Goodmans and Heirloom.
On February 19, 1992, the Gaither Vocal Band had just wrapped up a recording session in a Nashville, Tennessee, working on an album called Homecoming, which featured many of the great voices of southern gospel music: The Speers, The Gatlins, Jake Hess, The Cathedrals, Howard & Vestal Goodman, Buck Rambo, Eva Mae Lefevre, James Blackwood, Hovie Lister, Jim Hill, and J.D. Sumner & The Stamps.
Howard and Vestal Goodman attended the church and sang the old songs that were familiar with the Happy Goodman Family. During this same time, Bill Gaither began the Gaither Homecoming video series. In 1996 Howard and Vestal Goodman asked Johnny Minick to join them as their third voice for some of the early videos.
Johnny Cook (March 22, 1949 – May 14, 2000) was a Southern Gospel singer. He led a group, the Johnny Cook Trio, in the 1980s. Cook was a tenor and also sang with The Happy Goodmans and The Statesmen Quartet.
2004: A Tribute: Howard & Vestal Goodman "I'm Winging My Way Back Home" 2004: Build a Bridge "Get Away, Jordan" 2004: Dottie Rambo with The Homecoming Friends "Too Much To Gain To Lose" 2004: We Will Stand "Sweeter As The Days Go By" 2005: Hymns "Without Him" 2012: Homecoming Celebration! "Faith Unlocks The Door Medley"