Martin Luther King Day Gospel Hour

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Leonard Lopate DJs his annual Martin Luther King Day gospel show.

Playlist

"We Shall Overcome," Marion Williams (Through Many Dangers)
"Rock My Soul," Roberta Martin & The Roberta Martin Singers (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"I Won’t Mind," Norsalus McKissick & The Roberta Martin Singers (All God’s Sons and Daughters)
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," J. Robert Bradley (All God’s Sons and Daughters)
"Lord Hold My Hand," Jess Whitaker with Pilgrim Travelers (Kings of Gospel Highway)
"Jesus Remembers," Claude Jeter & The Swan Silvertones (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"Burying Ground," Julius "June" Cheeks & The Sensational Nightingales (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"A City Called Heaven" (Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow), Mahalia Jackson (Apollo Sessions, vol. 2)
"Pilgrim of Sorrow," Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"The Love of God," Johnny Taylor & The Soul Stirrers (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"I’ve Got a Home in the Rock," Frank Sinatra & Charioteers (Billy Williams) (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"Walk with Me," Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"Walking in Jesus’ Name" Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (Nuggets of the Golden Age of Gospel 1945-1958)
"Precious Lord, Part 2" Aretha Franklin (You Grow Closer)
"Precious Lord," Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Good News, vol. 3)
"Build Me a Cabin," Mme. Edna Gallon Cooke (Great Gospel Women, vol. 2)
"God Be with You," J. Earle Hines with St. Paul’s Baptist Church Choir (Great Gospel Men)

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