1/21/18 (Repost) O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Oh Happy Day- Edwin Hawkins Singers

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Oh Happy Day is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th-century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969. Hawkins’ arrangement quickly became a “standard” and has been recorded by hundreds of artists. It was included on the RIAA Songs of the Century list and won Hawkins a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1970.  Continue reading

10/9/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tramaine Hawkins- Changed (Featuring All Star Encore Perfromance)

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Changed performed by Gospel legend Tramaine Hawkins and written by husband Walter Hawkins. Tramaine Hawkins has won two Grammy Awards, two Doves, and 19 Stellar Awards. Continue reading

9/24/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Caravans – Mary Don’t You Weep featuring Inez Andrews

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Robert Anderson started The Caravans in 1947. The group reached its peak popularity during the 1950s and 1960s, launching the careers of a number of artists, including: Albertina Walker, Delores Washington, Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Reverend James Cleveland, Dorothy Norwood, Bessie Griffin, Josephine Howard, and Loleatta Holloway.

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9/24/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Genius Of Richard Smallwood

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Richard Smallwood is the Black Brahms of Gospel music. His lush orchestrations and choral arrangements are the hallmarks of his signature sound. An accomplished pianist, composer, arranger, vocalist and choral conductor Smallwood graduated cum laude from Howard University with degrees in both vocal performance and piano, and  graduate work in the field of ethnomusicology. He finished his Masters degree in Divinity from Howard University in 2004 and was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2006. 
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9/17/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Doubt is Real

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Doubt is Real, part of the new generation of Christian spoken work and gospel rap, continues in the tradition of the Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, BeBe and CeCe. Winans and Kirk Franklin, by praising God through popular culture.  Continue reading

9/4/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Yolanda Adams- Never Give Up

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Yolanda Adams sings Never Give Up at the White House during the Salute to Gospel Music in 2002. Never Give Up was the lead sing from the 2001 album Believe.
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8/7/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Hezekiah Walker- Better

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Better, Hezekiah Walker’s 14th album dedicated to the multiracial group that kicked off the modern Pentecostal movement at a rundown horse stable on Azusa Street in the center of a Los Angeles ghetto in 1906. The album follows Walker’s induction to the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. Continue reading

(REPOST) 7/24/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tamela Mann- I Can Only Imagine and Take Me To The King/ I Surrender All

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Tamela Mann’s musical career began when she joined up with the multi-grammy award winning and double platinum gospel phenomenon Kirk Franklin and the Family. Mann has also enjoyed collaborating and performing with numerous artists such as Yolanda Adams, Mary J. Blige, Al Green, Celine Dion, Bono, R. Kelly and Fred Hammond. In 2005, Tamela and her husband of 26 years David Mann created their own label entitled Tillymann Music Group, which has released several successful projects. Continue reading