God Is Not Dead

From the Queen of Gospel Music, Miss Albertina Walker, comes this 1969 gem, “God Is Not Dead”.  I’m not sure what might have inspired this song to be written, but there is a good possibility that it was in response to a famous article/cover story in Time Magazine from April 8, 1966 titled “Is God Dead?”  It garnered lots of attention from Christians, Atheists and everyone in between.  The Time cover has now become iconic for it’s striking simplicity and graphic design.

 

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In the early 1950s Walker founded her own Gospel music group The Caravans, enlisting fellow singers from The Robert Anderson Singers, Ora Lee Hopkins, Elyse Yancey and Nellie Grace Daniels. The Caravans’ membership has included an amazing group of great gospel ledgends including James Cleveland, Bessie Griffin, Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, Loleatta Holloway, John McNeil, Cassietta George, and Delores Washington. Her discovery of these artists resulted in the nickname “Star Maker”. Walker retired The Caravans in the late 1960s, performing as a solo artist.  This song is from early in her solo career.

 

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