Spirit of Memphis / University of North Carolina Press / Baptist Church / /
Person
Andrae Crouch / William Gaither / Sallie Martin / Shirley Caesar / C. Anderson / Thomas A. Dorsey / Kip Lornell / Charles Reagan Wilson / William Ferris / Joe Bostic / Alex Bradford / Herbert W. Brewster / Erskine Fausch / Claude Jeter / Ira Tucker / Mahalia Jackson / /
Position
important composer / Queen / Singer / blues and gospel singer / lecturer / musician / /
Black Gospel Music Despite its immense popularity, widespread appeal, and influence on American popular music, Afro-American gospel music is a comparably recent music phenomenon. Rooted in the religious songs of the late