| Gospel music may refer to the religious
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| | Gospel is also really popular in the
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| music that first came out of
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| | province of Quebec, Canada, where
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| African-American churches in the first
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| | important gospel choirs such as Montreal
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| quarter of the twentieth century or, more
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| | Jubilation Gospel Choir and Quabec
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| loosely, to both black gospel music and
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| | Celebration Gospel Choir are famous.
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| to the religious music composed and sung
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| | Black gospel
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| by predominately white Southern Gospel
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| | The music popularized by Black gospel
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| artists. While the separation between the
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| | pioneers had its roots in the
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| two styles was never absolute "both drew
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| | freewheeling forms of religious devotion
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| from the Methodist hymnal and artists in
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| | of 'Sanctified' or 'Holiness' churches,
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| one tradition sometimes sang songs
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| | who encouraged individual church members
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| belonging to the other" the sharp
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| | to 'testify', speaking or singing
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| division between black and white America,
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| | spontaneously about their faith and
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| particularly black and white churches,
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| | experience, sometimes while dancing in
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| kept the two apart. While those divisions
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| | celebration. In the 1920s Sanctified
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| have lessened slightly in the past fifty
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| | artists, such as Arizona Dranes, many of
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| years, the two traditions are still
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| | whom were also traveling preachers,
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| distinct.
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| | started making records in a style that
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| In both traditions, some performers, such
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| | melded traditional religious themes with
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| as Mahalia Jackson have limited
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| | barrelhouse, blues and boogie-woogie
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| themselves to appearing in religious
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| | techniques and brought jazz instruments,
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| contexts only, while others, such as
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| | such as drums and horns, into the church.
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| Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Golden Gate
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| | White gospel
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| Quartet and Clara Ward, have performed
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| | Often called Southern gospel or Country
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| gospel music in secular settings, even
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| | gospel to distinguish it from black
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| night clubs. Many performers, such as The
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| | gospel, white gospel music has followed a
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| Jordanaires, The Blackwood Brothers, Al
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| | different trajectory during the past
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| Green, and Solomon Burke have performed
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| | eighty years. Some of its roots are found
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| both secular and religious music. It is
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| | in the publishing work and "normal
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| common for such performers to include
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| | schools" of Aldine S. Kieffer and Ephraim
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| gospel songs in otherwise secular
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| | Ruebush. It was promoted by traveling
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| performances, although the opposite
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| | singing school teachers, southern gospel
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| almost never happens.
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| | quartets, and shape note music publishing
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| Gospel singer, songwriter, guitarist
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| | companies such as the A. J. Showalter
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| Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the first great
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| | Company (1879), the James D. Vaughan
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| star of Gospel music, surfacing on the
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| | Publishing Company and the Stamps-Baxter
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| pop music charts in 1938. She remained
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| | Music and Printing Company.
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| popular through the 1940s, continuing to
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| | Some early country gospel artists, such
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| hit the charts and drawing tens of
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| | as The Carter Family, achieved wide
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| thousands of fans to see her perform live
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| | popularity through their recordings and
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| in venues across the United States. She
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| | radio performances in the 1920s and
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| lost the support of some of her church
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| | 1930s. Others, such as Homer Rodeheaver,
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| fans, now and then, when she performed in
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| | George Beverly Shea or Cliff Barrows,
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| secular venues as well, as when she
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| | became well-known through their
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| recorded songs not recognized as
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| | association with traveling evangelists
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| 'Christian'. The fans she lost were
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| | such as Billy Sunday or Billy Graham.
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| somewhat forgiving, as she remained true
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| | Associations
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| to her faith, for the most part,
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| | Gospel Music Association
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| throughout her recording career which
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| | The Gospel Music Association is a major
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| spanned the remainder of her life.
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| | group of gospel artists who maintain a
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| Although predominantly an American
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| | hall of fame covering all aspects of
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| phenomenon, gospel music has spread
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| | gospel music.
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| throughout the world including to
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| | Southern Gospel Music Association
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| Australia with choirs such as The
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| | The Southern Gospel Music Association
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| Elementals and Jonah & The Whalers and
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| | (SGMA) focuses on Southern Gospel
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| festivals such as the Australian Gospel
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| | specifically and has a physical Southern
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| Music Festival. Norway is home to the
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| | Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame located in
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| popular Oslo Gospel Choir and most
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| | the Dollywood theme park at Pigeon Forge,
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| importantly The Ansgar Gospel Choir.
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| | TN.
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