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Tag: Gospel Sunday
1/31/21 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Mahalia Jackson Documentary
Mahalia Jackson set the standard for gospel music and the Christain lifestyle. The undisputed queen of one of America’s most endearing music art forms born from the songs of sorrow, joy and praise of the African slaves. Continue reading
1/17/21 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Purlie (1981) | Robert Guillaume, Sherman Hemsley, Melba Moore
Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Phillip Rose and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell and music by Gary Geld and choreography by Louis Johnson. It is based on Davis’s 1961 play Purlie Victorious, which was later made into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included many of the original Broadway cast, including Davis, Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, Godfrey Cambridge and Sorrell Booke.
Purlie is set in an era when Jim Crow laws still were in effect in the American South. Its focus is on the dynamic traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson, who returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save Big Bethel, the community’s church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee’s platation. With the assistance of Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, Purlie hopes to pry loose from Cotchipee an inheritance due his long-lost cousin and use the money to achieve his goals. Also playing a part in Purlie’s plans is Cotchipee’s son Charlie, who ultimately proves to be far more fair-minded than his Simon Legree –like father and who saves the church from destruction with an act of defiance that has dire consequences for the tyrannical Cap’n.
Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Phillip Rose and Peter Udell
12/6/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Kurt Carr – In the Sanctuary
Kurt Carr performs In The Sanctuary live. Continue reading
11/1/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Rance Allen Group – Something About The Name Jesus
Rance Allen sings “Something About The Name Of Jesus” at Cornerstone Church Toledo. Song written by The Rance Allen Group and Kirk Franklin.
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10/11/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Aretha Franklin – Never Gonna Break My Faith (Official Video) ft. The Boys Choir of Harlem
Aretha Franklin – Never Gonna Break My Faith ft. The Boys Choir of Harlem
9/27/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Mahalia Jackson Down By The Riverside
Down by the Riverside (also known as “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More” and “Gonna lay down my burden”) is a Negro spiritual. Its roots date back to before the American Civil War.
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8/23/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Mahalia Jackson- Lord Don’t Move The Mountain
Mahalia Jackson co-wrote Lord Don’t Move The Mountain with her close friend Doris Akers in 1958. Continue reading
(Repost) 3/28/21 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Hezekiah Walker- Every Praise
Every Praise has become a gospel anthem. The video was filmed flash-mob style at Birmingham’s Five Points South fountain, Hezekiah Walker and his friends make a joyful noise in Southside Birmingham.
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8/2/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Tasha Cobbs – Fill Me Up / Overflow (Live)
Tasha Cobbs performs the live the medley Fill Me Up / Overflow from the 2015 album One Place Live.
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