
Hosted by Bob Marovich · EN

For its 25th anniversary episode, Gospel Memories replicates the playlist of the very first hour of the very first Gospel Memories episode, which aired Sunday, May 6, 2001, at 2:00 a.m. Central Time on WLUW-FM Chicago.

Stanley Stovall, longtime Chicago choir director, is our guest this week. He talks about working at Mt. Eagle BC, with Rev. Ernest Franklin, Lavelle Lacy, Robert Wooten, Charles Clency, and others. Music samples galore!

This episode includes music from the Original Gospel Harmonettes, Pilgrim Jubilees (pictured), Davis Sisters, Edwin Hawkins Singers, J. Robert Bradley, These Are They, Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, and others.

This episode includes selections by Albertina Walker (pictured) and the Caravans, Clark Sisters, Harmonizing Four, Mahalia Jackson, Billy Preston, Close Harmoneers, Edna Gallmon Cooke, and others.