The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bobby Jones.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 44 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2014.109
Subjects

Other author/creatorJones, Bobby, interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Bobby Jones
Portion of title Bobby Jones
Abstract Gospel singer and television host Bobby Jones was born on September 18, 1938 in Henry County, Tennessee. At nineteen, he graduated from Tennessee State University with his B.S. degree in elementary education. Jones received his M.Ed. degree from Tennessee State University, his Ed.D. degree from Vanderbilt University, and his Th.D. degree from Payne's Theological Seminary. From 1980 until 2016, Black Entertainment Television (BET) aired "Bobby Jones Gospel," the longest continuously running original series on cable television, with Jones serving as host and executive. Jones toured with the musical group New Life. He recorded numerous records, in addition to overseeing The Nashville Super Choir. He won the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group for "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" with Barbara Mandrell. Jones authored Touched By God and Make A Joyful Noise, My Twenty Five Years In Gospel Music.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Nashville, Tennessee 2014 April 24.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2014.109 HistoryMakers

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