The gospel sound : good news and bad times / Anthony Heilbut.

Author/creator Heilbut, Anthony
Format Book
EditionUpdated and revised, 1st Limelight edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Limelight Editions : Distributed by Harper & Row, ©1985.
Descriptionxxxv, 370 pages, 16 pages of plates : portraits ; 22 cm
Subjects
Gospel music--History and criticism.
African American musicians.

Contents Part one: building the gospel highway. "Sallie Martin's outta sight" ; "I get these special vibrations": Thomas A. Dorsey -- The head of the house: Ira Tucker ; Mahalia the queen ; "The women had fits": The Soul Stirrers -- Part two: the gospel pioneers. Reverend Brewster and the Ward Singers ; Reverend Julius Cheeks and the Reverend Claude Jeter: the fathers of soul ; "Bessie can moan and move a mountain" ; professor Alex Bradford: the singing rage -- "I won't let go of my faith": Dorothy Love Coates -- Part three: the Holiness Church. The Holiness Church ; The traveling saints ; The crown prince of gospel: James Cleveland ; "I've been way out on the stormy raging sea": Marion Williams ; The young singers -- Part four: the gospel life. "You may never go to prison" ; "Turn your radio on": 1969 ; A weekend with the Campbells -- Epilogue: "Looked down the line and I wondered": 1971.
Abstract This book relays the complete history of gospel music, paying special attention to the relationship between gospel and other African American musical forms in America such as jazz and R&B. It discusses specific gospel music singers as well as the world of the gospel church itself. Includes black-and-white photos.
Local noteLittle-252506
General noteOriginally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1975.
General noteIncludes indexes.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 335-353.
LCCN 84026122
ISBN0879100346 (pbk.)