One of the greatest albums in the Hemphills’ discography is this gem, “Together”, which featured a #1 song, 2 other top 10 tunes and several concert classics. Check it out…
James Hales
James is a lifelong fan of Southern Gospel Music. Being exposed to the music through his dad's record collection as a 7 or 8 year old boy in the late 70's, James grew to love the music of the Happy Goodmans, Kingsmen, Inspirations, Rambos, Florida Boys and others. James has been a staff writer for Absolutely Gospel since 2000 writing music reviews and various articles, and he has contributed to Musicscribe and SGHistory.com for several years as well. James also writes for his own music page on Facebook as well, via James' Music Page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063484056683).
The Hemphills – “Louisiana Live” (1983)
One of the best live albums from the 80’s is this gem from the Hemphills. Check out what James has to say about it!
The Hemphills – “Good Things” (1981)
The Hemphills’ 1981 album was chock full of “Good Things”…all you have to do is listen and believe!
The Hemphills – “Workin'” (1980)
“He’s Still Working on Me” was arguably the biggest song in the Hemphills repertoire. Spending multiple months at #1, the song remained on the GMA radar for 4 solid years! Read all about this monumental album and the great songs it contains!
The Hemphills – “Home Cookin'” (1979)
By 1979, the Hemphills were really cookin’, and this latest album spurred their very first #1 song with “I’m in this Church”. Check it out!
The Hemphills – “In God’s Sunshine” (1977)
With this remarkable album, the Hemphills really hit their stride. Candy found her signature song and there was just no stopping the Hemphills now! They were truly basking “In God’s Sunshine”!
The Hemphills – “Without a Doubt” (1976)
Though it was a bit of a transitional album for the Hemphills, “Without a Doubt” yielded not 1, not 2, but 3 Top 10 hits for the group! Click and read all about it…
The Hemphills – “One Live Family” (1975)
Released in 1975, this live album introduced SG audiences to the youngest member of the Hemphill family, Candy. Read all about it in this weeks’ article!
The Hemphills – “Sing the Glory Down” (1974)
1974 saw the Hemphills release 2 studio albums. The title song was the Hemphills their first huge hit with Heartwarming, and thus began a long string of hits for the group.