The Greatest Gospel Songs of the 40s, 50s, and 60s - Part One

Songlist- 1940- Wade in the Water (The Charioteers) 1941- Go Down Moses (The Golden Gate Quartet) 1944- Strange Things Happening Every Day (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) 1946- Amazing Grace (The Dixie Hummingbirds) 1947- Packin' Up (The Clara Ward Singers feat. Marion Harris) Up Above My Head (Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight) Move On Up a Little Higher (Mahalia Jackson) Prayer Changes Things (Robert Anderson) Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (The Golden Gate Quartet) 1948- Thank You Jesus (Prof. James Earl Hines and the Goodwill Singers) I Can See Everybody's Mother, But I Can't See Mine (The Blind Boys of Alabama) 1949- Gospel Train (Marie Knight) Jesus is the Name (Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith) The Old Ship of Zion (The Roberta Martin Singers) Surely God is Able (The Clara Ward Singers feat. Marion Williams) Let the Power of the Holy Ghost Fall on Me (Mahalia Jackson) Search Me Lord (Brother Joe May) Too Close to Heaven (The Davis Sisters) 1950- Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (The Pilgrim Travelers) Here Am I, Send Me (The Spirit of Memphis) By and By (R.H. Harris and the Soul Stirrers) Our Father (The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi) Mother Bowed (The Pilgrim Travelers) Alone and Motherless (The Blind Boys of Alabama) Standing on the Highway (The Angelic Gospel Singers and the Dixie Hummingbirds) Wings of Faith (Rev. C.L. Franklin) What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Roberta Martin) 1951- Touch the Hem of his Garment (Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers) Jesus Gave Me Water (Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers) How I Got Over (Clara Ward) Get Away Jordan (Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes) 1952- Jesus Steps Right In (The Davis Sisters)

Comments

1. can feel these song right through your soul unlike these so call gospel today
2. 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 :)
3. I grew up in Memphis TN in the late 40s on through the 50s and my dad had practically all of these songs on the old 78 vinyl. We had one of those floor model television/radio/record player combination and I remember it had a special place to hold the records. My dad's favorites were The Pilgrim Travelers, The Spirit of Memphis and Mahalia Jackson. My brother and I were not allowed to put any music on that player if it wasn't gospel and when we started listening to WDIA we heard some great gospel and also some great soulful blues, which we couldn't listen to when our parents were home. All of my immediate family members are gone now but I'll always treasure those precious memories of growing up on Kansas Street so long ago.
4. This is wonderful gospel music this is how our people through those terrible times when they couldn't do nothing but sing we need to get this music out to let our young people know our roots this was comfort for African Americans is there anyway we can buy this somebody out there please post me.praise god to the highest.
5. only one Dixie hummingbirds song?
6. my grandmother use to listen to all these artist. this is a treasure
7. Awesome! We're gonna use this during our Blk His program at church. :)
8. AMEI
9. Enjoy the old time gospel or seems to be pure and a good part of excellent history our country should never forget ,love it thanks
10. Fabulous collection! Thank you,
11. Outstanding! Wish the pieces were longer...B
12. What an awesome compilation! This is a wonderful sampling of gospel music that still stirs the soul decades after being recorded.
13. Thank for my beloved friend sharing this with me! Naima
14. Amazing Thanks!
15. This really did put me in a calm, happy spiritual place, Thanks!
16. This is a golden collection of the greatest of the best of what gospel is and what gospel should be. Take, eat, you will not miss if you do not neglect so great of salvation.
17. Old skool gospel is the BEST! It stirs my soul. It's nothing Luke getting back to your roots
18. AWESOME!! OUR ROOTS TO GOSPEL..
19. Superb! Excellent! I love it and I want to hear more. Thank you so very much for posting this original, glorious, soulful, Black music.
20. I so agree with Yolanda Davis, the newer grown folks from 40-49yr olds don't appreciate this music. I've run across ministers of music who don't want to teach this music and its our history. it saddens me so.