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Soul Stirrers albums featuring Johnnie Taylor
Soul Stirrers Music Videos (1)
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| | Heaven Is My Home CD (1988)
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The Soul Stirrers have been gospel's most honored and recognized vocal group since the '40s, when R.H. Harris made musical history by shifting the genre's focus from unison singing to improvisational theatrics and inter-group dynamics. The selections on their most ...
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Johnnie Taylor
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956-99 CDs (2000) Box Set
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Recorded between 1956 and 1999. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand, Don Davis, Wolf Stephenson and Al Bell.
Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
From his days singing gospel for the Highway Q.C.'s and as Sam Cooke's replacement in ...
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 Soul Stirrers Lyrics and Songs
Popular or famous Soul Stirrers songs: When the Gates Swing Open, Love of God, By and By, Lord Will Make a Way, Christ Is All, Amazing Grace. More music songs Out on a Hill, Be With Me Jesus, Feel Like My Time Ain't Long, Wade In the Water, Peace in the Valley Lyrics, God Is Standing By Lyrics. More music lyrics and songs Last Mile of the Way Lyrics, Jesus Gave Me Water Lyrics, Touch the Hem of His Garment Lyrics, I Have a Friend Above All Others Lyrics, Jesus Paid the Debt Lyrics. More music lyrics and songs Let Me Go Home Lyrics, Peace in the Valley, Lyrics.
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Soul Stirrers Biography
Many people hold that modern gospel music can be divided into two periods: before and after the Soul Stirrers. The group formed in Texas in the mid-1920s as a close-harmony, jubilee-style vocal group. They gradually expanded their sound into what is now the gospel template, but at the time was still innovative and fresh: lead and backing vocals (rather than four blended voices), guitar accompaniment, some improvised lyrics, falsetto singing (and a wider spectrum of vocal ranges), and a call-and-response pattern that suggested evangelical fervor. By the 1940s, the Soul Stirrers were the premier gospel group in the country, and their reputation only grew when, in the '50s, a young Sam Cooke joined. After Cooke crossed over to secular music, the Soul Stirrers continued to record and perform with a series of excellent lead vocalists, contributing greatly to the creation of modern soul music.
Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | Paul Foster | Sam Cooke, Waylon Jennings, Johnnie Taylor | | R.B. Robinson | Sam Cooke, Johnnie Taylor | | Jesse J. Farley | Sam Cooke, Johnnie Taylor | | Sam Cooke | Victor Davies, Animal House, Cassius Clay | | Leroy Crume | Sam Cooke, Johnnie Taylor | | Senior Roy Crain | | Thomas L. Bruster | Sam Cooke | | Richard Gibbs | Oingo Boingo, Robert Palmer, Sam Cooke, Danny Elfman, Tom Waits, Yolanda Adams, Boy Meets Girl, Darius Brooks, Dorinda Clark-Cole | | Johnnie Taylor | Dan Burley, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Jr., Bobby "Blue" Bland | | Bob King | Sam Cooke, Michael White | | Soul Stirrers | Sam Cooke, Johnnie Taylor | | Faidest Wagoner | Sam Cooke, Soul Stirrers Featuring Sam Cooke, Paul Foster and Julius Cheeks | | Arthur Crume | Otis Clay | | James Medlock |
Worked With
Sam Cooke, Johnnie Taylor
Contemporaries
Rev. C.L. Franklin, Mills Brothers, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dorothy Norwood, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama, The Swan Silvertones, Golden Gate Quartet, Clara Ward, The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, Pilgrim Jubilee Singers, The Fairfield Four, Pilgrim Travelers, The Harmonizing Four, Chosen Gospel Singers, The Paschall Brothers
Followers
Al Green (Vocals), Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Lou Rawls, The Staple Singers, Kirk Franklin, Andraé Crouch, James Cleveland, Wilson Pickett, Edwin Hawkins, Kierra "KiKi" Sheard
Influences
The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey, Mattie Moss Clark, Arizona Dranes
More Music Artists
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