Gospel
The progeny of spirituals and cousin to the blues.
J. Wesley Jones, choral director, leads choir through a rehearsal at the Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago in August 1935.
About The Genre
"African American gospel music is a form of euphoric, rhythmic, spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of the African American South. Its development coincided with -- and is germane to -- the development of rhythm & blues. The precursor to black gospel music is the African American spiritual, which had already been around for well over a century before Gospel music began its rise to popularity starting in the 1930s"
From the Library of Congress
Trivia/Famous Lyrics
DId you know...
"Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, let me stand
I am tired, I'm weak, I am worn
Through the storm, through the night
Lead me on to the light
Take my ha-and, precious Lord
Lead me home
Take My Hand, Precious Lord by Thomas Dorsey
