Yesterday, I referred you to an ESPN segment that prominently featured the song “Operator.” Today, we’ll consider the same song in the context of The Originals series. If you are already familiar with “Operator,” you most likely heard it...
If you saw the Oak Ridge Quartet/Boys in concert from the mid-1950s throughout the 1960s, you probably have fond memories of a comedy routine called “Go Out To The Program.” They began doing the routine when Calvin Newton was the lead singer. When that...
This week, The Originals series takes a look at “Mary, Did You Know?” Mark Lowry was inspired to write the lyrics of this classic Christmas song in 1984 when he was approached and asked to help compose a musical for the Advent season. Lowry came up with a...
Last year, I published several articles in a series titled “The Originals.” This series offers your eyes a history lesson and provides your ears an opportunity to hear the very first recording of a classic song. Today, our spotlight shines on the...
A few weeks ago, I launched The Originals series with an article about the very first recording of “Glory Road.” Today, we’re going back to that very same group, The Calvarymen of West Virginia. As a matter of fact, the very same LP that included the...
Each article in The Originals series highlights the first recorded version of a popular Southern Gospel song. The song “How Great Thou Art” that we know today has an elaborate history. The song’s roots date to a 1885 Swedish poem by Carl Gustav...
Each article in The Originals series highlights the first recorded version of a popular Southern Gospel song. “I’ll Fly Away” was written by Albert E. Brumley in 1929 while picking cotton. The song was inspired by a song titled “If I Had The...
Each article in The Originals series highlights the first recorded version of a popular Southern Gospel song. Before I get to today’s song, I need your help! Chasing down the very first recording of a song is not always easy. Then, even if I am able to track...
Today, we launch a new series of articles called The Originals. Each entry in this series will highlight the first recorded version of song that is now considered to be one of Southern Gospel Music’s all-time classics. The spotlight today falls on...
Produced by: Andy Leftwich and Point Of Grace (except “Something In The Water” produced by Andy Leftwich, Stuart Dill and Point Of Grace and “The Climb” produced by Roger Ryan, Andy Leftwich and Point Of Grace) Label: Curb Records Website:...
The Recording Academy’s trustees have recently approved a number of changes to the Grammys, including the addition of a “Roots Gospel” category that will encompass Southern Gospel as well as other traditional gospel styles. You can read all about it...
I’m copying and pasting a response I made to a recent Doug Harrison post. Doug ran across the “too good not to pass along” YouTube video of Wentley Wintley Phipps explaining the history of “Amazing Grace.” The source is one of the...
