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| Group Members: Jamecia Bennett, Core Cotton, Robert Edwards, LaSalle Gabriel, Valerie Johnson, Wanda Lewis, Larry Sims, Billy Steele, Jimmy Wright, Lance ...View All
Group Members: Jamecia Bennett, Core Cotton, Robert Edwards, LaSalle Gabriel, Valerie Johnson, Wanda Lewis, Larry Sims, Billy Steele, Jimmy Wright, Lance Alexander, Gary Hines, Jennifer Whitlock, Kevin Whitlock, Shirley Marie Graham, Franklin Wharton, Louis J. Wilson, Trenon Graham, Carrie Harrington, Ann Bennett-Nesby, Terrence Frierson, Patricia Lacy, Beverly Mahto, Dorothy Shelby, Dorothy J. Townes, Cheryl D. Warder-..., David Wright III, Rojeem Taylor, Rev. Joseph Young..., Elizabeth J. Turner, Angela Henderson, Geoffrey Jones, Renee McCall, Alecia Russell, Sandra Harris, Gregory Sears ...Close
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| Biography: Sounds of Blackness, a 40-person choir and ten-piece orchestra led by Gary Hines, combined traditional African music with urban soul to become one of the most distinctive and popular contemporary gospel groups. Over the course of their career, the group won many awards, from organizations as diverse ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1991 Label: Perspectiv Critics' Rating:  Though from beginning to end one of the best gospel albums of its era, The Evolution of Gospel became and remains noteworthy because of three songs in particular: "Optimistic," "The Pressure," and "Testify." ...Read full reviewReleased: 1994 Label: Perspective Critics' Rating:  Nothing on Africa to America tops the shining moments -- "Optimistic" and "Testify" -- on Sounds of Blackness' debut, Evolution of Gospel. However, all things considered, Africa to America is probably ...Read full review
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