Leonard's Annual Good Friday Gospel Hour

The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 13, 2017

Leonard hosts his annual Good Friday Gospel hour, playing gospel classics that tell the story of Easter. 

This year's selection: 

  1. What Kind of Man Is This- Caravan
  2. The Sun Didn't Shine- Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (Okeh, Columbia, 1941 )
  3. I'm Glad Salvation is Free- Mahalia Jackson (Apollo 1950)
  4. Jesus- Robert Anderson and his Gospel Caravans (Apollo 1949)
  5. The Hammer Rings- Mm. Edna Gallmon Cooke (Nashboro, 1961)
  6. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone? - Soul Stirrers (Specialy 1952)
  7. Out on a Hill- The Soul Stirrers (Specialty 1958)
  8. How Jesus Died - Pilgrim Travelers (Specialty, 1956)
  9. Angels with Their Gaze- Marion Williams (Packin Up)
  10. At the Cross - Clara Ward (Savoy 1951)
  11. What Manner of Man Is This- The Famous David Sisters (Jackie Verdell, Savoy 1958)
  12. One Day- Angelic Gospel Singers & Dixie Hummingbirds (Beloved Songs of Easter 1952)
  13. One Day- Harmonizing 4 (Decca Eary 40s)
  14. That Day on Cavalry - Swan Silvertones (Claude Jeter, VeeJay, 1959)
  15. What More Can Jesus Do? -Morgan Babb and the Radio 4 (Nashboro, 1953)
  16. What About Me? Swanee Quintet (Rev. Willingham, 1959)
  17. He Arose from the Grave - Sis Rosetta Tharpe (Decca 1949)

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