Ayikh In

This is a great piece from The Holy Cross Choir from Africa. Strangely enough, although there are several posting of this choir singing on YouTube and places selling their music, I couldn’t find a bio on them anywhere. Oh well, it’s a nice song.

  1. Ayikh In The Holy Cross Choir 4:29

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Are You Ready?

Hailing from Memphis Tennessee,  I present to you this morning Kevin Davidson and The Voices of Binghampton.  Some good old traditional gospel.

  1. Are You Ready Voices of Binghampton 4:41

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Thank You For Keeping Me

This is a nice torchy kind of contemporary song from Angela Spivey‘s 2000 album. Angela has been around the block having been born in Chicago in 1959, and starting her recording career in 1995 at age 36.  This song is kind of like Yolanda Adam’s “Through the Storm” in that at 3:26 it goes from major to minor as it gets into the vamp.  Nice.

  1. Thank You For Keeping Me Angela Spivey & the Voices of Victory 6:01

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True Victory

I love this song from Minister Keith Pringle. It is not your typical gospel song at all with a great funky tempo and melody/tune that is unique. But it has all the classic pieces of gospel; great choir, great vamp…and a B3! Enjoy True Victory!!

  1. True Victory Keith Pringle 6:31

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Ready For A Miracle

This song is from the 1992 film “Leap of Faith” starring Steve Martin, and is performed by Patti Labelle and a choir led and directed by Edwin Hawkins. Nice up tempo, hand clappin’, foot stompin’ song.

  1. Ready For A Miracle LaBelle, Patti & Hawkins, Edwin Hawkins 3:38

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Oh How Precious

Some great traditional gospel from the GMWA choir, this time recorded in New York City in 1972.

  1. Oh How Precious GMWA Mass Choir (New York) 7:27

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Climbing Higher Mountains

A nice gospel piece from Aretha from her “Amazing Grace” album recorded at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles during January 1972, The album ultimately sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a double platinum certification!

  1. Climbing Higher Mountains Aretha Franklin 2:46

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The personal on this recording is pretty amazing too:

     Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
     Rev. James Cleveland – piano, vocals
     Rev. C.L. Franklin
     Chuck Rainey – bass
     Cornell Dupree – guitar
     Kenneth Lupper – organ
     Pancho Morales – percussion, conga
     Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – drums
     Southern California Community Choir – background vocals

Wipe a Tear

This song is from the late, great O’Landa Draper and his Associates. He died in 1998 at the age of 35 from renal failure.

This song is more contemporary christian music, but Draper wrote some VERY kewl, serious gospel too…listen to “My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord” again…you’ll see what I mean. Anyway, this song has overtones of Michael Jackson’s “Man in The Mirror”, Quincy Jones’ “We Are The World”, and a lead singer who sounds a lot like Michael McDonald.  Its a GOOD song with a good message. Rest in peace dear O’landa.

  1. Wipe a Tear O'Landa Draper and The Associates 3:52

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Standing In The Need Of A Blessing

We seem to be doing a lot of standing around this week. Yesterday we were standing in the need of prayer and today we’re standing in the need of a blessing. Are we really THAT needy??

WHAT-EVER!! This is a wonderful song from the mass choir at James Cleveland’s GMWA convention in 2000.

  1. Standing In The Need Of A Blessing GMWA Mass Choir 8:15

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Standing In The Need Of Prayer

Another gospel great; John P. Kee, a former addict from Durham North Carolina who turned himself around a became a huge force in gospel music in the ’90’s. His choir, The New Life Community Choir is great as well.

  1. Standing In The Need Of Prayer John P Kee 5:45

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