(In Photo: Roderick Tobin, Walter Rutledge, Samuel Quiller)
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Daryl Coley began performing with Edwin Hawkins in the Edwin Hawkins Singers. He played keyboards for The Hawkins Family from 1977 until he left to collaborate with James Cleveland in 1983. Later, he served as musical director for Tramaine Hawkins when she launched her solo career. Concurrently, Coley branched out in secular circles, singing in jazz clubs, working with artists like Sylvester, Pete Escovedo, and others. He would later collaborate with jazz artists such as Nancy Wilson and Rodney Franklin, and pop artists such as Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire fame. Continue reading
Jesus, I Love Calling Your Name originally released in 1983 by Shirley Ceasar the First Lady of Gospel Music, with Derrick Lee on organ. Continue reading
Todd Anthony Dulaneym, gospel musician and former baseball player jumpstarted his career in 2011, with the release of the CD version, Pulling Me Through. Continue reading
Tramaine Hawkins has won two Grammy Awards, two Doves, and nineteen Stellar Awards, What Shall I Do has become a gospel classic. Continue reading
Tamela Mann performs This Place at T.D. Jakes’s 2014 Birthday Celebration Continue reading
This explosive scene from The Blues Brothers features James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James, The Reverend James Cleveland Choir, Chaka Khan and the Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd as Elwood, John Belushi as Jake).
Put A Praise On It from Grammy Award winner and worship leader Tasha Cobbs’ album One Place Live. Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Close To You, featuring the brother and sister duo BeBe and CeCe Winans, is the second single on their ninth album Still released on October 6, 2009. Continue reading
Mahalia Jackson co-wrote Lord Don’t Move The Mountain with her close friend Doris Akers in 1958. Continue reading