The Malaco Music Group invites you to experience an historic television event this Sunday, April 19, 2009 on The Gospel Music Channel.
“It Ain’t Over” (Until God Says It’s Over), the first ever concept video for two time Stellar Award winner, Atlanta International Records (Air Gospel) recording artist Maurette Brown Clark will make its “world premiere” debut on The Gospel Music Channel.
The “world premiere” will take place immediately following the 3 pm (est) Sunday afternoon movie, approximately 5:15 pm. (Check local listing)
“It Ain’t Over” (Until God Says It’s Over) is Ms. Clark’s 2nd consecutive R&R /Billboard & Mediabase Top 5 song, from her CD “The Dream.”
You don’t want to miss this!!!
Set your VCR, DVR or TIVO!
“The Dream” is available In Stores, iTUNES, or log on to www.malaco.com
Friday, April 17, 2009
Queen Emily in the studio
This week has been very eventful for Malaco. We have been honored to have Queen Emily from America's Got Talent in the studio working on her latest album. She recently signed to Malaco / Waldoxy and has been here all week. Joining her on this album are the renowned Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (Jimmy Johnson on guitar, David Hood on bass, Clayton Ivey on keyboard). Lending their talent on guitar was Reggie Young and James Robertson on drums. This all star line-up came out strong and this is going to be a great album.
House Wife Hotline
Be sure to tune in to Southern Soul Radio (www.southernsoulradio.com) Monday - Friday from 12:00 - 2:00pm CST for the very popular House Wife Hotline hosted by DJ Outlaw. The House Wife Hotline is designed with house wives in mind to get their groove on each and every day. You can also have the House Wife Hotline dedicated to you and only you. To do this, simply E-Mail DJ Outlaw at outlaw@southernsoulradio.com. The House Wife Hotline is part of the "At Work Network" that comes to you Monday - Friday from 11:00am - 3:00pm CST hosted by DJ Outlaw only on Southern Soul Radio (www.southernsoulradio.com). Changing the sound of Soul!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Dallas Rap Artist B-Hamp Takes Over The Music Scene
From the streets of Dallas to television screens nationwide B-Hamp AKA B Dash is making lots of noise throughout the country. His album entitled, B Dash, will be released May 19th, 2009 through Malaco Music Group.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) April 15, 2009 -- Dallas based rapper B-Hamp or B Dash as he is also known, is making major moves in the music industry. With his breakout single, 'Do The Ricky Bobby', Hamp has struck a cord with youngsters, teenagers as well as college kids. Not only is the single a huge hit but, the dance that Hamp choreographed to accompany it has been duplicated by teens and the like. Simply searching youtube.com will give anyone the idea of the impact this smash hit is having across the country. Videos of sorority girls, kids in their backyards, even Grambling State University all doing the Ricky Bobby dance are popping up everywhere.
B-Hamp got his break after putting out several mixtapes with the groups Texxxas Made and 20 20 Clique. It was the song 'Work Your Shoulders' that birthed 'Do The Ricky Bobby' and in the track Hamp say, "do the Ricky Bobby and we all do the same thing". People started asking what the Ricky Bobby was and Hamp was urged to explain it time and time again. He finally decided to create an entire song around that verse. Knowing Rickey Booker, CEO of Dallas based record label CKB Entertainment, he took the track over to the label to see what they thought. Within a week Hamp had 2 shows, signed a deal with CKB Entertainment and was on his way to recording his first album.
The album entitled, B Dash, will be released on May 19th, 2009 through Malaco Music Group. They are best known for their work in Gospel and Blues and B-Hamp is their first hiphop artist to sign a distribution deal with the company. B-Hamp's release is the first for Malaco's new division, which is being headed up by industry veteran Lionel Ridenour, who has run the urban divisions for majors like Arista, Capitol, BMG and others. Ridenour hopes to push B-Hamp's southern hit nationwide, after the track and the dance instructions received more than 1.3 million views on YouTube. Tremendous success of the first single also prompted a video which, recently debuted on BET's 106 & Park. The second single off the album features production from Daron Jones of the R&B group 112 and is titled, 'Put You On'. Daron also adds his voice to this soon to be smash ballad.
B-Hamp is just coming off a tour with Joe Francis' Girls Gone Wild and is preparing to continue touring the US this Spring and Summer. 'Do The Ricky Bobby' is also taking off overseas with radio stations adding the track to their rotation and Hamp is slated to tour Europe in late Summer.
Hamp has been featured in Enterainment Weekly, XXL, The Dallas Observer, Allhiphop.com to mention a few publications and the video is in rotation on BET, Music Choice and MTV Jams.
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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) April 15, 2009 -- Dallas based rapper B-Hamp or B Dash as he is also known, is making major moves in the music industry. With his breakout single, 'Do The Ricky Bobby', Hamp has struck a cord with youngsters, teenagers as well as college kids. Not only is the single a huge hit but, the dance that Hamp choreographed to accompany it has been duplicated by teens and the like. Simply searching youtube.com will give anyone the idea of the impact this smash hit is having across the country. Videos of sorority girls, kids in their backyards, even Grambling State University all doing the Ricky Bobby dance are popping up everywhere.
B-Hamp got his break after putting out several mixtapes with the groups Texxxas Made and 20 20 Clique. It was the song 'Work Your Shoulders' that birthed 'Do The Ricky Bobby' and in the track Hamp say, "do the Ricky Bobby and we all do the same thing". People started asking what the Ricky Bobby was and Hamp was urged to explain it time and time again. He finally decided to create an entire song around that verse. Knowing Rickey Booker, CEO of Dallas based record label CKB Entertainment, he took the track over to the label to see what they thought. Within a week Hamp had 2 shows, signed a deal with CKB Entertainment and was on his way to recording his first album.
The album entitled, B Dash, will be released on May 19th, 2009 through Malaco Music Group. They are best known for their work in Gospel and Blues and B-Hamp is their first hiphop artist to sign a distribution deal with the company. B-Hamp's release is the first for Malaco's new division, which is being headed up by industry veteran Lionel Ridenour, who has run the urban divisions for majors like Arista, Capitol, BMG and others. Ridenour hopes to push B-Hamp's southern hit nationwide, after the track and the dance instructions received more than 1.3 million views on YouTube. Tremendous success of the first single also prompted a video which, recently debuted on BET's 106 & Park. The second single off the album features production from Daron Jones of the R&B group 112 and is titled, 'Put You On'. Daron also adds his voice to this soon to be smash ballad.
B-Hamp is just coming off a tour with Joe Francis' Girls Gone Wild and is preparing to continue touring the US this Spring and Summer. 'Do The Ricky Bobby' is also taking off overseas with radio stations adding the track to their rotation and Hamp is slated to tour Europe in late Summer.
Hamp has been featured in Enterainment Weekly, XXL, The Dallas Observer, Allhiphop.com to mention a few publications and the video is in rotation on BET, Music Choice and MTV Jams.
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CJ Robinson
Tsunami Group Inc
856-269-9518
Email us Here
http://www.prweb.com/emailmember.php?prid=2321024
Derryl Williams
Cold Frunt
817-829-6653
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Keisa Brown Collection
"I've Been Lonely For So Long," the first song on Keisa Brown's collection on Malaco Records, hit me hard the first time I heard it. Still, I had a strange feeling that I'd heard it before.
No wonder. The arrangement for Brown's rendition of the tune is almost exactly the same as the Stax Records version Frederick Knight recorded 40 years ago. That's all right, though, because Knight produced Brown's album and sang back-up on it. In fact, he wrote all 10 songs. Besides, Brown's vocals are so full and sensuous that she could have sung nursery rhymes and they would have sounded sexy.
Keisa Brown reminds me a bit of Shirley Brown, especially her spoken word introductions to several of the songs. I could live without some of the slick production, but Brown's voice cuts through it with a husky earnestness.
Highlights include "I'm Still in Love With You," "Fly on the Wall" and "Your Love is So Good."
~ Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog
BEAT DADDYS RELEASE CLASSIC BLUES-ROCK CD
You walk into a roadhouse or casino in Anywhere U.S.A., or wipe the bar-be-que sauce off your fingers as you find a seat at a big-stage outdoor music festival, or push your way into a crowded blues club and order a beer. What you want to hear is some smokin’ blues-rock -- a fast-paced boogie romp one minute and soaring slide-guitar slow-dancing grind-your-hips-together blues the next, with lyrics to make you cry in your drink on some songs and yell with delight at others. You are hoping a band like The Beat Daddys takes the stage.
The next best thing to hearing The Beat Daddys onstage is to listen to their sixth album, Five Moons, which contains a dozen original “instant classic” blues numbers from this hard-working, constantly-touring, highly-entertaining band. Recordings by The Beat Daddys are available at their website (beatdaddys.com), at leading online webstores (amazon.com and cdbaby.com), and at internet digital download locations including iTunes.com.
The Beat Daddys are led by founder, lead singer, rhythm guitarist and chief songwriter Larry Grisham, who has fronted the band since 1986. Grisham also has played with blues singer Mighty Sam McClain (on tour), Bobby Blue Bland (in the studio) and guitarist Tom Britt (Vince Gill, Patty Loveless); and has jammed with James Cotton, Doyle Bramhall Sr., Buddy Miles, Anson Funderburgh and Sam Myers. Lead guitarist for The Beat Daddys is Britt Meacham (also playing slide guitar), who is best-known nationally for his guitar-work on Bob Seger’s classic hit “Old Time Rock & Roll.” Meacham also was a member of recording acts Jackson Highway and Storm, toured with Little Milton, recorded with Rickey Medlocke and Blackfoot, and jammed with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Traffic and Dire Straits.
The bassist on Five Moons is Barry Bays, who has played with John Mohead, Shawn Lane, Jeff Healey, Bobby Whitlock and Jim Dickinson. Drummer Paul Scott has toured in the bands Dixie Grey and The Forrester Sisters. Special guest keyboardist Johnny Neel has played with the Allman Brothers, The Dickey Betts Band, Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac), Allen Woody and Matt Abts (both with Gov’t Mule), Marc Ford (Black Crowes), Berry Oakley Jr. and Blue Floyd. Other guests on the CD are bassist and engineer Dennis Gulley (Jackson Highway, Alabama, The Moffatts) and drummer David Parks (LoCash Cowboys, Van-Dells).
The Beat Daddys currently onstage are Grisham, Meacham, Scott and Jon Rochner (Marty Brown). Sometimes the band includes a keyboardist (most often Johnny Neel), various female backing vocalists, or a full horn section. In addition, occasionally Grisham will play a solo show or songwriter’s showcase, and sometimes Grisham and Meacham will perform as an acoustic duo. The Beat Daddys have toured through every state in the U.S.A., Europe, Greenland, Iceland, Asia, Japan and the South Pacific. Among the many festivals they have played are the Medgar Evers Homecoming Festival in Mississippi (five years in a row), the Janis Joplin Birthday Bash in Texas (14 years), the Tucson Blues Festival, and BayFest in Mobile, Alabama. They have appeared on concert bills with B.B. King, Johnny Winter, Koko Taylor, Robert Cray, Tower of Power, Indigenous, ZZ Top and hundreds of other top acts.
Larry Grisham started writing songs in grade school, became drummer at age 12 and a guitarist when he was 14. His grandmother’s cousin was the famous finger-picking guitarist Merle Travis. Larry had a transient childhood (17 different schools) in places such as Evansville, Indiana (where he was born), Detroit, Michigan (elementary school) and the tiny town of Cloverport, Kentucky (high school). His earliest musical influence was church music followed by his mother’s record collection (Ray Charles, Dinah Washington), but soon he was listening to Elvis followed by The Beatles, The Yardbirds and The Rolling Stones. Larry, who at six-foot-five-inches-tall is a big presence onstage, received a basketball scholarship to Lander University in South Carolina, but left after the first year to be a fulltime professional musician.
Grisham joined the bands Stillwell (he worked with guitarist Tommy Stillwell for many years), Mere Image and The Phonz (which recorded a four-song mini-LP and the album Failure to Communicate for Limp Dog Records). Larry also co-owned and managed his own club in Indiana for several years (“which taught me the business side of the music business”). Grisham’s influences expanded over the years as he further explored the blues through Cream, John Mayall, Peter Green and early Fleetwood Mac, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Freddie King and Lonnie Mack. Grisham lived for many years in the town of Pass Christian on the Mississippi coast (about 60 miles from New Orleans) until it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He now lives in the country outside of Nashville.
The Beat Daddys recorded their first album, Houserocking Rhythm & Blues on Camelot Records, at TRC Studio in Indianapolis with guest keyboardist John Cassella (John Mellencamp, Duke Tumatoe). The success of the record (14 original tunes plus songs by B.B. King and Johnny Winter) led to their signing with top blues/R&B label Waldoxy/Malaco Records in the United States. The band’s music also has been released on other labels in Canada, Europe and Australia. Their second recording is titled No, We Ain’t From Clarksdale (taken from a lyric in Larry’s tune, “The Delta Song”). Recorded at the infamous Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama, the album featured special guests the Muscle Shoals Horns and saxophonist Jim Horn.
The third CD, South to Mississippi, was recorded at the same studio with members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as “The Swampers”) – Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins, David Hood and Clayton Ivey. One tune off that album, “How Blue Must I Get,” got extensive airplay after it was chosen by Dan Akroyd as his “Elwood Blues Brother’s Pick Hit” for The House of Blues Radio Show. The Beat Daddys then recorded a concert in Mississippi and released their Live album that included Britt Meacham for the first time along with Lewis Ross (Wet Willie) on drums. The Delta Vision CD was recorded in Florida at Kingsnake Studios and included “Ten Pounds of Love,” a duet with Sonny Rhodes that got heavy airplay on Direct TV’s Blues Channel. Another special guest was Bob Greenlee (Root Boy Slim) on bass. The CD went Top 15 on the prestigious Living Blues Magazine’s album chart. Songs by The Beat Daddys also have appeared on various compilation albums including Good Whiskey Blues, Southern Shades of Blue, Z. Zelebration: A Tribute to Z.Z. Hill and Malaco: The Last Soul Company.
Grisham’s songwriting influences not only include blues and rock’n’roll, but many other genres including country, folk and Americana. Grisham has had two of his tunes covered by Dorothy Moore and one recorded by Little Milton. In recent years, Larry has been listening to songwriters such as Tony Joe White, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, Russell Smith, Lucinda Williams and Brad Paisley; and Grisham also has been inspired by vocalists including Bob Seger, Delbert McClinton, Steve Earle, Jimmy Hall and Alison Krauss.
Five Moons, which took five months to record, is Southern blues-rock at its best with the emphasis on blues. As you would expect, many of the lyrics have to do with relationship problems and heartache – the searing “Pale White Circle” (“that place on your finger when you take the ring off”), the slow’n’soulful “Bad Streak” (“instead of holding the bad things against me, let’s remember the good times”), and the acoustic-building-to-an-electric-climax “Lonely Road” (“about the blue-eyed vixen who broke my heart and robbed my soul”). There are the games-lovers-play tunes “Where Is She” (classic electric blues) and “Five Moons” (featuring both Larry and Britt on acoustic guitars). Larry explores humor with “Big Thighs” (“I’m a big man and I enjoy a big woman”) and the sadness of a homeless person on “She Goes Down” (“you can see them sliding on that downward spiral”).
“We play blues because the music is a universal language that everyone can feel and understand,” explains Grisham. As I say in one of my songs, ‘Blues is the common ground.’ Everybody feels blue at one time or another, so everyone can relate to the music. I wrote another song about the importance of the blues in our lives and I called it ‘Everybody Needs Some.’ It’s also a primal thing. I dare you to listen to the blues and keep your head from bobbing or your feet from tapping. Blues music gets in the blood and you can’t stop it.”
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The next best thing to hearing The Beat Daddys onstage is to listen to their sixth album, Five Moons, which contains a dozen original “instant classic” blues numbers from this hard-working, constantly-touring, highly-entertaining band. Recordings by The Beat Daddys are available at their website (beatdaddys.com), at leading online webstores (amazon.com and cdbaby.com), and at internet digital download locations including iTunes.com.
The Beat Daddys are led by founder, lead singer, rhythm guitarist and chief songwriter Larry Grisham, who has fronted the band since 1986. Grisham also has played with blues singer Mighty Sam McClain (on tour), Bobby Blue Bland (in the studio) and guitarist Tom Britt (Vince Gill, Patty Loveless); and has jammed with James Cotton, Doyle Bramhall Sr., Buddy Miles, Anson Funderburgh and Sam Myers. Lead guitarist for The Beat Daddys is Britt Meacham (also playing slide guitar), who is best-known nationally for his guitar-work on Bob Seger’s classic hit “Old Time Rock & Roll.” Meacham also was a member of recording acts Jackson Highway and Storm, toured with Little Milton, recorded with Rickey Medlocke and Blackfoot, and jammed with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Traffic and Dire Straits.
The bassist on Five Moons is Barry Bays, who has played with John Mohead, Shawn Lane, Jeff Healey, Bobby Whitlock and Jim Dickinson. Drummer Paul Scott has toured in the bands Dixie Grey and The Forrester Sisters. Special guest keyboardist Johnny Neel has played with the Allman Brothers, The Dickey Betts Band, Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac), Allen Woody and Matt Abts (both with Gov’t Mule), Marc Ford (Black Crowes), Berry Oakley Jr. and Blue Floyd. Other guests on the CD are bassist and engineer Dennis Gulley (Jackson Highway, Alabama, The Moffatts) and drummer David Parks (LoCash Cowboys, Van-Dells).
The Beat Daddys currently onstage are Grisham, Meacham, Scott and Jon Rochner (Marty Brown). Sometimes the band includes a keyboardist (most often Johnny Neel), various female backing vocalists, or a full horn section. In addition, occasionally Grisham will play a solo show or songwriter’s showcase, and sometimes Grisham and Meacham will perform as an acoustic duo. The Beat Daddys have toured through every state in the U.S.A., Europe, Greenland, Iceland, Asia, Japan and the South Pacific. Among the many festivals they have played are the Medgar Evers Homecoming Festival in Mississippi (five years in a row), the Janis Joplin Birthday Bash in Texas (14 years), the Tucson Blues Festival, and BayFest in Mobile, Alabama. They have appeared on concert bills with B.B. King, Johnny Winter, Koko Taylor, Robert Cray, Tower of Power, Indigenous, ZZ Top and hundreds of other top acts.
Larry Grisham started writing songs in grade school, became drummer at age 12 and a guitarist when he was 14. His grandmother’s cousin was the famous finger-picking guitarist Merle Travis. Larry had a transient childhood (17 different schools) in places such as Evansville, Indiana (where he was born), Detroit, Michigan (elementary school) and the tiny town of Cloverport, Kentucky (high school). His earliest musical influence was church music followed by his mother’s record collection (Ray Charles, Dinah Washington), but soon he was listening to Elvis followed by The Beatles, The Yardbirds and The Rolling Stones. Larry, who at six-foot-five-inches-tall is a big presence onstage, received a basketball scholarship to Lander University in South Carolina, but left after the first year to be a fulltime professional musician.
Grisham joined the bands Stillwell (he worked with guitarist Tommy Stillwell for many years), Mere Image and The Phonz (which recorded a four-song mini-LP and the album Failure to Communicate for Limp Dog Records). Larry also co-owned and managed his own club in Indiana for several years (“which taught me the business side of the music business”). Grisham’s influences expanded over the years as he further explored the blues through Cream, John Mayall, Peter Green and early Fleetwood Mac, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Freddie King and Lonnie Mack. Grisham lived for many years in the town of Pass Christian on the Mississippi coast (about 60 miles from New Orleans) until it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He now lives in the country outside of Nashville.
The Beat Daddys recorded their first album, Houserocking Rhythm & Blues on Camelot Records, at TRC Studio in Indianapolis with guest keyboardist John Cassella (John Mellencamp, Duke Tumatoe). The success of the record (14 original tunes plus songs by B.B. King and Johnny Winter) led to their signing with top blues/R&B label Waldoxy/Malaco Records in the United States. The band’s music also has been released on other labels in Canada, Europe and Australia. Their second recording is titled No, We Ain’t From Clarksdale (taken from a lyric in Larry’s tune, “The Delta Song”). Recorded at the infamous Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama, the album featured special guests the Muscle Shoals Horns and saxophonist Jim Horn.
The third CD, South to Mississippi, was recorded at the same studio with members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (also known as “The Swampers”) – Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins, David Hood and Clayton Ivey. One tune off that album, “How Blue Must I Get,” got extensive airplay after it was chosen by Dan Akroyd as his “Elwood Blues Brother’s Pick Hit” for The House of Blues Radio Show. The Beat Daddys then recorded a concert in Mississippi and released their Live album that included Britt Meacham for the first time along with Lewis Ross (Wet Willie) on drums. The Delta Vision CD was recorded in Florida at Kingsnake Studios and included “Ten Pounds of Love,” a duet with Sonny Rhodes that got heavy airplay on Direct TV’s Blues Channel. Another special guest was Bob Greenlee (Root Boy Slim) on bass. The CD went Top 15 on the prestigious Living Blues Magazine’s album chart. Songs by The Beat Daddys also have appeared on various compilation albums including Good Whiskey Blues, Southern Shades of Blue, Z. Zelebration: A Tribute to Z.Z. Hill and Malaco: The Last Soul Company.
Grisham’s songwriting influences not only include blues and rock’n’roll, but many other genres including country, folk and Americana. Grisham has had two of his tunes covered by Dorothy Moore and one recorded by Little Milton. In recent years, Larry has been listening to songwriters such as Tony Joe White, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, Russell Smith, Lucinda Williams and Brad Paisley; and Grisham also has been inspired by vocalists including Bob Seger, Delbert McClinton, Steve Earle, Jimmy Hall and Alison Krauss.
Five Moons, which took five months to record, is Southern blues-rock at its best with the emphasis on blues. As you would expect, many of the lyrics have to do with relationship problems and heartache – the searing “Pale White Circle” (“that place on your finger when you take the ring off”), the slow’n’soulful “Bad Streak” (“instead of holding the bad things against me, let’s remember the good times”), and the acoustic-building-to-an-electric-climax “Lonely Road” (“about the blue-eyed vixen who broke my heart and robbed my soul”). There are the games-lovers-play tunes “Where Is She” (classic electric blues) and “Five Moons” (featuring both Larry and Britt on acoustic guitars). Larry explores humor with “Big Thighs” (“I’m a big man and I enjoy a big woman”) and the sadness of a homeless person on “She Goes Down” (“you can see them sliding on that downward spiral”).
“We play blues because the music is a universal language that everyone can feel and understand,” explains Grisham. As I say in one of my songs, ‘Blues is the common ground.’ Everybody feels blue at one time or another, so everyone can relate to the music. I wrote another song about the importance of the blues in our lives and I called it ‘Everybody Needs Some.’ It’s also a primal thing. I dare you to listen to the blues and keep your head from bobbing or your feet from tapping. Blues music gets in the blood and you can’t stop it.”
PR AGENCY: THE CREATIVE SERVICE COMPANY (CreatServ9@aol.com)
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
DOROTHY NORWOOD "50 YEARS: IT'S BEEN WORTH IT ALL" IN STORES NOW!!!
50 Years: It's Been Worth It All by the Gospel living legend, The World's Greatest Storyteller, Dorothy Norwood is finally In Stores!!!
Millions have heard the power packed re-recording of one of the greatest congregational hymns of all time, Victory Is Mine (Obama Mix) backed by 2009 Stellar Award Nominee Ricky Dillard & New G being played on Gospel and Urban radio stations alike, leading up to the historic election, on election day, and on the day of the inauguration in honor of President Barack Obama.
Now you can bring home Victory Is Mine and the new foot stompin', hand clappin', get out of your seat single, "I Wanna Go" both taken from her latest release 50 Years: It's Been Worth It All. If that weren't enough, a 2009 "Live" version of Denied Mother also appears as a bonus track.
I Wanna Go single was mailed nationally to radio stations so be sure to stay tuned to your favorite station to be amongst the firsts to hear it debut in your area.
Nothing short of a living legend, Dorothy Norwood has been entertaining, preaching, uplifting, mentoring, writing, and producing for more than fifty years.
Dorothy Norwood officially began her gospel career in 1956, singing with Mahalia Jackson, Reverend James Cleveland, and with one of the greatest female gospel groups of all time, The Caravans, founded by The Queen Of Gospel, Albertina Walker.
In 1960, she launched her solo career with Savoy Records, recording her first album, Johnny and Jesus in 1964. This release was quickly followed by Denied Mother in 1965, earning Norwood the title, "The World's Greatest Storyteller." Both projects certified gold. All total, five albums reached gold status. 1971, she recorded Live with the GMWA Mass Choir of Northern California; Live reached #1 on the Billboard Charts. To her credit, she has also had three top ten gospel albums and been in the top forty fourteen times (Billboard).
In 1972, she became an unlikely opening act for the Rolling Stones' national tour with Mick Jagger. By 2000, Ms. Norwood was nominated for the Lady of Soul Award for her album, The Lord is a Wonder. She followed that nomination with two more at the 2001 Dove Awards for Ole Rickety Bridge (Traditional Album of the Year) and "There's Got To Be Rain" (Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year).
Honor this Gospel Legend with your support!!!
~As seen in Black Gospel Promo
Click here to purchase!
Millions have heard the power packed re-recording of one of the greatest congregational hymns of all time, Victory Is Mine (Obama Mix) backed by 2009 Stellar Award Nominee Ricky Dillard & New G being played on Gospel and Urban radio stations alike, leading up to the historic election, on election day, and on the day of the inauguration in honor of President Barack Obama.
Now you can bring home Victory Is Mine and the new foot stompin', hand clappin', get out of your seat single, "I Wanna Go" both taken from her latest release 50 Years: It's Been Worth It All. If that weren't enough, a 2009 "Live" version of Denied Mother also appears as a bonus track.
I Wanna Go single was mailed nationally to radio stations so be sure to stay tuned to your favorite station to be amongst the firsts to hear it debut in your area.
Nothing short of a living legend, Dorothy Norwood has been entertaining, preaching, uplifting, mentoring, writing, and producing for more than fifty years.
Dorothy Norwood officially began her gospel career in 1956, singing with Mahalia Jackson, Reverend James Cleveland, and with one of the greatest female gospel groups of all time, The Caravans, founded by The Queen Of Gospel, Albertina Walker.
In 1960, she launched her solo career with Savoy Records, recording her first album, Johnny and Jesus in 1964. This release was quickly followed by Denied Mother in 1965, earning Norwood the title, "The World's Greatest Storyteller." Both projects certified gold. All total, five albums reached gold status. 1971, she recorded Live with the GMWA Mass Choir of Northern California; Live reached #1 on the Billboard Charts. To her credit, she has also had three top ten gospel albums and been in the top forty fourteen times (Billboard).
In 1972, she became an unlikely opening act for the Rolling Stones' national tour with Mick Jagger. By 2000, Ms. Norwood was nominated for the Lady of Soul Award for her album, The Lord is a Wonder. She followed that nomination with two more at the 2001 Dove Awards for Ole Rickety Bridge (Traditional Album of the Year) and "There's Got To Be Rain" (Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year).
Honor this Gospel Legend with your support!!!
~As seen in Black Gospel Promo
Click here to purchase!
Monday, April 13, 2009
REV. TIMOTHY WRIGHT – “THE GODFATHER OF GOSPEL” IN STORES MAY 5
Over the past few months, millions of people watched the 2009 Stellar Awards, witnessed the incredible tribute medley performed by Kirk Franklin, Mynra Summers, and Rev. Milton Biggham that showed the world why Rev. Timothy Wright is affectionately known as “The Godfather Of Gospel.”
Continuing the celebratory spirit of the music ministry of Rev. Timothy Wright, Savoy Records & The Malaco Music Group is proud to release, “The Godfather Of Gospel.” (In Stores May 5, 2009)
“The Godfather Of Gospel” is a 18 track collection of songs which highlights favorites throughout Rev. Wright’s multiple decade musical recording career. Featured are the songs, “Trouble Don’t Last Always”, “Who’s On The Lord’s Side” and “We’re Going To Make It” featuring Myrna Summers which were all performed during the 2009 Stellar Awards show presentation; In addition, “We’re Going To Make It” has never been available on CD before.
Be sure to stay tuned to your favorite local radio station to be amongst the firsts to hear two exclusive radio edits of songs taken from “The Godfather of Gospel;” The uplifting, Praise Dance Ministry anthem “Let’s Celebrate” (He Has Risen) & the powerful, heartfelt, “Praise and Worship” song ,“I Feel The Lord In This Place.”
Join with us as we celebrate the man that has dedicated his life to The Gospel and the Gospel music industry, Rev. Timothy Wright!
Continuing the celebratory spirit of the music ministry of Rev. Timothy Wright, Savoy Records & The Malaco Music Group is proud to release, “The Godfather Of Gospel.” (In Stores May 5, 2009)
“The Godfather Of Gospel” is a 18 track collection of songs which highlights favorites throughout Rev. Wright’s multiple decade musical recording career. Featured are the songs, “Trouble Don’t Last Always”, “Who’s On The Lord’s Side” and “We’re Going To Make It” featuring Myrna Summers which were all performed during the 2009 Stellar Awards show presentation; In addition, “We’re Going To Make It” has never been available on CD before.
Be sure to stay tuned to your favorite local radio station to be amongst the firsts to hear two exclusive radio edits of songs taken from “The Godfather of Gospel;” The uplifting, Praise Dance Ministry anthem “Let’s Celebrate” (He Has Risen) & the powerful, heartfelt, “Praise and Worship” song ,“I Feel The Lord In This Place.”
Join with us as we celebrate the man that has dedicated his life to The Gospel and the Gospel music industry, Rev. Timothy Wright!
Funeral Arrangements for Pop Winans
TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH
7:00 p.m. - Memorial Service/Viewing
Perfecting Church
7616 E. Nevada
Detroit, MI 48234
(313) 365-3787
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH
10:00a.m. - Homegoing Celebration Service
Perfecting Church
7616 E. Nevada
Detroit, MI 48234
(313) 365-3787
MCFALL BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME
9419 Dexter Ave
Detroit, MI 48206
(313) 895-8900
* Flowers will be received at this location
7:00 p.m. - Memorial Service/Viewing
Perfecting Church
7616 E. Nevada
Detroit, MI 48234
(313) 365-3787
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH
10:00a.m. - Homegoing Celebration Service
Perfecting Church
7616 E. Nevada
Detroit, MI 48234
(313) 365-3787
MCFALL BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME
9419 Dexter Ave
Detroit, MI 48206
(313) 895-8900
* Flowers will be received at this location
DOROTHY NORWOOD’S '50 YEARS: ITS BEEN WORTH IT ALL' STORES NOW: World’s greatest storyteller back with new CD on Malaco Records.
Millions have heard the power packed re-recording of one of the greatest congregational hymns of all time, “Victory Is Mine” (Obama Mix) backed by 2009 Stellar Award nominee Ricky Dillard & New G being played on Gospel and Urban radio stations alike, leading up to the historic election, on election day, and on the day of the inauguration in honor of President Barack Obama.
Now you can bring home “Victory Is Mine" and the new foot stompin’, hand clappin’, get out of your seat single, “I Wanna Go.” Both tracks are taken from her latest release “50 Years: It’s Been Worth It All.” If that wasn’t enough, a 2009 “Live” version of “Denied Mother” also appears as a bonus track.
Nothing short of a living legend, Dorothy Norwood has been entertaining, preaching, uplifting, mentoring, writing, and producing for more than fifty years. She officially began her Gospel career in 1956, singing with Mahalia Jackson, Reverend James Cleveland, and with one of the greatest female Gospel groups of all time, The Caravans, founded by the queen of Gospel, Albertina Walker.
In 1960, she launched her solo career with Savoy Records, recording her first album. In 1972, she became an unlikely opening act for the Rolling Stones’ national tour with Mick Jagger and by 2000, Ms. Norwood was nominated for the Lady of Soul Award for her album, “The Lord is a Wonder.” She followed that nomination with two more at the 2001 Dove Awards for “Ole Rickety Bridge” (Traditional Album of the Year) and “There’s Got to Be Rain” (Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year).
In 2005, Norwood won the Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for “Stand on the Word” and was inducted into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame twice for her work as a solo artist, as well as that with The Caravans. The American Quartet Hall of Fame also inducted The Caravans in 2006 and Norwood reunited with the group to produce what would become a Billboard chart topping album, “Paved the Way” (Malaco). “Paved The Way” also garnered nominations in every major industry award group including the Grammies, Doves, Stellars, and Soul Train.
For nearly every year of her professional career singing Gospel music, Dorothy Norwood has recorded an album. ~EURWeb
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