WARD SINGERS • STARS OF FAITH • ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES

Female gospel bands were made up of the best singers from church choirs, and so they featured the most flamboyant gems that Black America had to offer. The intensity in their magnificent songs illuminates the story related by Jean Buzelin, with recordings drawn from a well of untold talents. They make this a set of inestimable historical value that throws a bright light on these forgotten “soul sisters of the shadows.
Patrick FRÉMEAUX

CD1 (1940-1953) - SALLIE MARTIN SINGERS THANK YOU JESUS • MARTIN & MORRIS SINGERS I KNOW I HAVE ANOTHER BUILDING • SOUTHERN HARPS WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS • SOUTHERN REVIVALISTS OF NO MY TROUBLE IS HARD • WARD SINGERS: WHEN I GET HOME • I’M BOUND FOR HIGHER GROUND • TELL THE ANGELS • MARY JOHNSON DAVIS SINGERS I’M GOING TO WAIT ON THE LORD • DAVIS SISTERS GETTING NEARER TO MY LORD • ANGELIC GORPEL SINGERS BACK TO THE DUST • ELITE JEWELS STANDING ON THE ROCK • FAMOUS WARD SINGERS THE OLD LANDMARK • CLARA WARD SPECIALS COME IN THE ROOM • JACKSON GOSPEL SINGERS COME UNTO ME • ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES: EVERY DAY WILL BE SUNDAY • WHEN I REACHED MY HEAVENLY HOME • ONE MORNING SOON • GOLDEN HARP GOSPEL SINGERS I’LL MAKE IT SOMEHOW • GAY SISTERS GOD IS ON OUR SIDE • WINGS OVER DIXIE WORKING ON THE BUILDING • BREWSTER SINGERS THESE ARE THEY • ROSETTE GOSPEL SINGERS HE LIVES IN ME • CARAVANS: GOD IS GOOD TO ME • ON MY WAY HOME.

CD2 (1952-1959) - DAVIS SISTERS: IN THE MORNING WHEN I RISE • STAND BY ME • FAMOUS WARD SINGERS OH LORD, HOW LONG • WARD SINGERS: I’M CLIMBING HIGHER AND HIGHER • GREAT IS THE LORD • SIMMONS AKERS TRIO HE’S ALRIGHT WITH ME • ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES: YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN • YOU BETTER RUN • CARAVANS: WAIT FOR ME • ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS • ANGELIC GOSPEL SINGERS I’LL BE ALRIGHT • LUCY SMITH SINGERS JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL • FAMOUS DAVIS SISTERS: WON’T IT BE WONDERFUL THERE • SHINE ON ME • WHAT HE’S DONE FOR ME • ARGO GOSPEL SINGERS: NEAR THE CROSS • BRING BACK THOSE DAYS • ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES: 99 1/2 WON’T DO • THAT’S ENOUGH • ANGELIC GOSPEL SINGERS ALL THAT I NEED IS IN JESUS • DELLA REESE & MEDITATION SINGERS HARD TO GET ALONG • CARAVANS: SWING LOW • I’M WILLING • SOUTHERN ECHOES OF CHICAGO THE STORY OF JOB.

CD3 (1958-1962) - WARD SINGERS WE SHALL BE CHANGED • CLARA WARD SINGERS: THE SEVEN SEALS • VI FOUND THE KEYS THE KINGDOM • STARS OF FAITH: WHEN I LAY THIS BODY DOWN • MEAN OLD WORLD • LOOKING FOR JESUS • JEWEL GOSPEL SINGERS TOO LATE • ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES: LOOKING FOR A HOME • SO MANY YEARS • 10 BESSIE GRIFFIN & GOSPEL PEARLS CHILDREN DON’T YOU GET WEARY • DREXALL SINGERS I WANT TO GO HOME • SALLIE MARTIN SINGERS: OLD SHIP OF ZION • LET ME CROSS OVER • CARAVANS: I WON’T BE BACK • JESUS WILL SAVE • FAMOUS DAVIS SISTERS TIRED • MEDITATION SINGERS: ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS • HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW • IMPERIAL GOSPEL SINGERS SHALL BE SAVED • INGRAM GOSPEL SINGERS TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY • INEZ ANDREWS & ANDREWETTES I’M GLAD ABOUT IT • GOSPEL STARS LAMB ON THE ALTAR • SALLY JENKINS SINGERS GET MY MANSION READY • STARS OF FAITH MARY WHAT YOU GONNA NAME.