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The story begins in the America’s Deep South around the 1930’s. African slaves combined the rhythms and melodies of their work songs, with the protestant hymns they sung in church,to create the earliest form of Gospel Music. It had a strong and powerful message of hope and revival through devotion to god.

Traditionally the songs were in a call and response form between a choir and a preacher, although solo singers and later male vocal harmony groups also became popular. Many of the songs were written by the ‘Father of Gospel’ Thomas A Dorsey. Dorsey’s achievements include opening the first Gospel publishing company, founding the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in America, and becoming the first African/American to be elected to the Nashville Song Writers Hall of Fame.

Girl Power

Forget the Spice Girls, one of the earliest stirrings of girl power came from Gospel Music. Within the church women were freed from the constraints of male prejudice, and they embraced the opportunity to become Gospel singers. Some of these women rose to become the greatest Gospel singers of their time, influencing many singers that came after them. These included Sister Rosetta Sharpe, Elvis Presley’s favourite Gospel singer, and Mahalia Jackson.

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