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Jubilation: Songs of Joy & Praise - Part 1

Religion has existed for thousands of years, but gospel music is just a few decades old. Gospel was born out of the blood, sweat and tears of enslaved Africans working in Southern plantations and in the cotton fields...

Jubilation: Songs of Joy & Praise - Part 2

In its early years, gospel was segregated along racial lines. "Southern gospel" became a catch-word for white gospel, when black gospel was equally southern in its stylings. Mahalia Jackson was the primary influence of her era, although the Swan Silver Tones, the Clara Ward Singers, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama and others made significant contributions to early gospel...

Jubilation: Songs of Joy & Praise - Part 3

As the 1950s approached, there was a greater amalgamation of gospel, folk and blues — styles which together were the foundation of rock and roll. Little Richard, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis were just a few of the solo artists with strong gospel backgrounds to make the leap into the secular arena. Groups like the Soul Stirrers, and the Pilgrim Travelers supplied secular music with Sam Cooke, Johnny Taylor, Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett, and others...