MAHALIA JACKSON Live late 1960's We shall overcome

" In the upper room" by Mahalia Jackson

Trouble of the World - Mahalia Jackson

Marian Anderson -- Dere's No Hidin Place Down Dere & Every Time I Feel D...

Marian Anderson "My Lord What a Morning"

Marian Anderson "Deep River" Live 1939

Paul Robeson - Nobody knows the trouble I've seen

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child-Paul Robeson

Alvin Ailey's Revelations - Section 1: Pilgrim of Sorrow

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Mississippi Mass Choir "I Feel Like Going On"

Joy

Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers

Come Lay Your Head On Me - Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers


Come Lay Your Head On Me 2 - Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers


Praise and Worship - Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers


I Am God - Donald Lawrence and the Tri-City Singers

Donald Lawrence was born on May 4, 1958. He studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the Southern Baptist Church on Reading Road. To his credit, Donald's musicality has seen many incarnations, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, musical director for Stephanie Mills, songwriter for The Clark Sisters, and producer for a host of artists including Peabo Bryson and Kirk Franklin. Donald Lawrence has been an inspiration to many.

Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director. The three cities that The Tri-City Singers come from are Spartanburg, SC, Gastonia, NC, and Charlotte, NC. The group debuted in 1993 with A Songwriter's Point Of View on a then-brand-new independent record label called GospoCentric Records. The set debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Charts.
The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995. It was the first to be billed as Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and featured black church-ubiquitous hits such as "A Message For The Saints", "I Am God" and "Stranger". The album was released on Lawrence's newly minted label Crystal Rose Records which was distributed through Sparrow Records.

Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers - Encourage Yourself


God's Favor- Donald Lawrence and Tri City

LeJuene Thompson - Cast Your Cares


And Yet I'm Still Saved- Donald Lawrence & Tri City


It's Your Time- D Lawrence & Tri-City Singers Finale- Part 1


It's Your Time- D Lawrence & Tri-City Singers Finale- Part 2

In 1997, Donald Lawrence produced the live portion of Karen Clark Sheard's Grammy-nominated Finally Karen debut. Lawrence & Tri-City also released the seasonal Hello Christmas the same year. Later, Lawrence signed a contract with the Island Records imprint Island Inspirational. Though a live recording did take place for release, the album never materialized.
In 2000, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers signed to EMI Gospel. To promote the new album, a maxi CD of the lead single "Testify" to the mainstream. House remixes by Junior Vasquez sent the song to #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Dance Charts. When tri-city4.com was finally released in late summer 2000, the set peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Charts. The album also got a profile boost from the all-star standout "God's Favor", featuring vocal turns from Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Kelly Price.
In March 2006, The Tri-City Singers announced that they would retire, but not before one last live recording. Finale: Act One and Finale: Act Two were released simultaneously on April 4, 2006.

Brenda Lowe - Somebody Somewhere Was Praying For Me

KIRK FRANKLIN(GOD'S PROPERTY) - LOVE(REARRANGED)

Prayer - Secret Garden

My Prayer For The World

We Are Christmas

          CD&Y - Go Tell It On The Mountain


            We Are Christmas - Spelman College Glee Club


            Spelman College Glee Club-Ave Maria


            Take 6 Live - Joy To The World/Christmas Medley

            BeBe & CeCe Winans - The First Noel 


            Kirk Franklin - Precious Lamb Of God


            Kirk Franklin - He's the Reason


            CeCe Winans - Because a Child is Born


            CD&Y - Cantique


            ACOG - We Came To Praise Him


            ACOG Brotherhood - Bethelemu

Bebe & Cece Winans Christmas

      


          Bebe & Cece Winans - Joy To The World


          Bebe & Cece Winans - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing


          Bebe & Cece Winans - Silent Night, Holy Night

BeBe Winans (born Benjamin Winans in 1962 in Detroit, MI),CeCe Winans (born Priscilla Winans on October 8, 1964, in Detroit, MI)

 BeBe and CeCe Winans' unique style won over a huge number of listeners and sent two of their albums platinum. Their album from 1988, Heaven, was with Aretha Franklin's 1972 Amazing Grace,  the second gospel record ever to go gold. Since then, BeBe and CeCe Winans have earned many more top ten hits on Billboard's R&B charts and won numerous Grammy, Stellar, and Dove Awards.

BeBe and CeCe were born into a family of gospel singers that in the 1980s and 1990s produced no fewer than four celebrated gospel acts: The Winans, Daniel Winans & the Second Half, and, of course, BeBe and CeCe. BeBe and CeCe gave their two youngest sisters, Angie and Debbie, their start singing back-up, and the two girls went on to form a duo of their own called Sisters.

     BeBe & CeCe Winans - For Unto Us (A Child Is Born)

          Bebe Winan - This is my Christmas Prayer

          BeBe & CeCe Winans-The First Noel

         

          Bebe Cece Winans - Jingle Bells

Universal Gospel Choir

          Universal Gospel Choir - The Wonders Of Handes

          The Universal Gospel choir was formed in February 2006. It consists of ± 40 members. The Choir is based in Johannesburg and its members are from neighboring locations like Soweto, Thembisa, Thokoza and some other City Suburbs.  Choir Conductor, Pastor Gibson Ngcobo 

           Universal Gospel Choir - In Moments Like These

            Universal Gospel Choir - Jesus is love (legendado em português)

                     THE MISSION

1. Through our music we aim to draw people closer to God through worship

2. We believe in putting God first in everything; He is the “leader” of this choir

3. We want to glorify and honor God with our music

4. We want to spread the Good News to all the world through song

5. We desire to touch the lives of our audience by telling them that God is alive

6. We want to Bring all kinds of people together with music because pain and suffering knows no race,             culture, or age

7. We desire to be instruments in the hands of God

       The choir had the good fortune to perform with some of South Africa's renowned gospel singers, like Rebecca Malope, Sfiso, Thembinkosi and Deborah Frazer. Although the Choir is fairly new in the music industry this has not borne complacency in the choir members but has motivated them to work even harder to promote the Universal Gospel Choir, not only in South Africa, they’ve traveled to South America singing in States like Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, And Sao Paulo and got a chance to record a live CD and DVD. They also went to Mozambique to perform in Machava Stadium where there was approximately ± 100 000 people. They have also graced stages in Lesotho, Botswana and Lesotho.

         Universal Gospel Choir - Akekho ofana noJesu 

        

            Universal Gospel Choir - Semphethe

             Universal Gospel Choir - Hlonolofatsa

The Mississippi Mass Choir

      Mississippi Mass Choir "Near The Cross"


       Mississippi Mass Choir "Having You There"

The Mississippi Mass Choir is a gospel choir based in Jackson, Mississippi.

Under the musical direction of David R. Curry Jr., and under the choir direction of Dorcus Curry Thigpen, the 250+-member choir developed a sound that made them a constant presence on Billboard's gospel charts. Each of their recordings have reached the top position on the charts. Their debut album, Live, recorded during a 1988 performance at the Jackson Municipal Auditorium, remained on the charts for 45 weeks and earned the group James Cleveland GMWA awards as Contemporary Choir of the Year and Best New Traditional Artist of the Year. 

Their second album, God Gets the Glory, reached number one two weeks after it was released in 1990.  The Mississippi Mass Choir's most successful album, It Remains to Be Seen, topped the charts for 12 months and received a Soul Train music award as best gospel album of 1993.  The album was the choir's last with founder Frank D. Williams.  Determined to bring together the best gospel voices in Mississippi, Williams had convinced Jerry Mannery, the head of Malaco's gospel division, to sign the choir to a record deal and serve as executive director.

The Mississippi Mass Choir continues to dedicate itself to its self-described mission of "serving God through song."

     Mississippi Mass Choir - I'm Not Tired Yet

       By Grace - MMC (Rogina Thomas, soloist)

      Lord I Thank You - Mississippi Mass Choir

      We Shall Meet Again - Mississippi Mass Choir

       All In His Hands - Mississippi Mass Choir