the history of gospel in detroit the evolution of the good news put to music
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The History of Gospel In Detroit
The Evolution of the
“Good News”
Put to Music
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Me
• Editor, DetroitGospel.com• Launched February 2004• 20,000 visitors/month• 8,000 email subscribers• In 2006,
NewYorkGospel.com and ChicagoGospel.com
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The Roots of Gospel
• “Good News”• Varied Roots• West African
rhythms• Call and response• New England
hymn tradition
Spirituals
West African Folk Songs
New EnglandChorale Traditions
ChicagoBluesJazz
Gospel
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Negro Spirituals
• Hymns• “Field Hollers”• Protest Songs like
“Wade In The Water”
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers• 1st to publicly
perform the songs of slaves
• Toured the U.S. and Europe to initially skeptical, but ultimately receptive audiences
• Came to Detroit in 1882
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The Birth of Gospel
• 1930’s – Thomas Dorsey• “Father of Gospel Music”• “Take My Hand Precious
Lord”• Chose Detroit as one of
the 1st places to establish gospel choruses
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Early Gospel Superstars
• James Cleveland• Rev. C. L. Franklin• Aretha Franklin• Della Reese• Mattie Moss Clark
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The Birth of Contemporary Gospel
• “Oh Happy Day” – Edwin Hawkins
• “The Question Is” – The Winans
• “You Brought The Sunshine” – The Clark Sisters
• “Nobody But Jesus” – Thomas Whitfield
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Detroit Gospel Today
• Fred Hammond• The Winans• CeCe Winans• BeBe Winans• The Clark
Sisters• Byron Cage• J Moss
• Kierra “Kiki” Sheard
• Deitrick Haddon
• Marvin Sapp• BeBe Winans• Cedric Dent of
Take 6• Evelyn
Turrentine-Agee
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The Future• Legacies
Continue• Indies
(Independent Artists)
• Big Sponsors/Big Money
• The Internet• Further
Segmentation of genres
Gospel Rap/ Holy Hip Hop
TraditionalContemporaryUrban
ContemporaryCCM InspirationalNew TraditionalNeo Soul GospelPraise & Worship
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Places to Find Gospel In Detroit• International Gospel Music Hall of Fame
& Museum• God’s World• Churches• Radio• TV• Cable: Gospel Music Channel• …and last, but not least…
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Places to Find Gospel In Detroit
Fred Hammond
“This Is The Day”