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Resources

  1. An Interview with Thomas A. Dorsey

  2. Thomas Dorsey: The Father of Gospel Music

  3. NPR interview with Thomas Dorsey Biographer Michael Harris

  4. Oh, Happy Day: The Edwin Hawkins Singers

  5. NPR: The Story of the Edwin Hawkins Singers' Oh, Happy Day

  6. The Legacy of "Oh Happy Day" Oaklands most popular and most controversial gospel song

  7. How Kirk Franklin Worked is Way to Stomp

  8. Gospel Choirs A Growing Trend in Spain

  9. This House, This Music: Exploring the Interdependent Interpretive Relationship between the Contemporary Black Church and Contemporary Gospel Music

  10. Sing In Unity, Live in Peace

  11. Students from Japan Wow LA churches with Gospel Music

  12. The Breaks: Building a Hip Hop Generation

  13. Hip-Hop Church

  14. Rap Gets Religion

 

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Alexander, Otis. 2021. "Edwin Hawkins Singers (1967-2018)." Black Past. June 2, 2021. Accessed September 27, 2021. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/edwin-hawkins-singers-1967-2018/.

Atisu, Etsey. 2019. "Meet the Father of Black Gospel Music Who Was Rejected by Early Mainstream Churches." Face2Face Africa. July 1, 2019. Accessed September 22, 2021. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/meet-the-father-of-black-gospel-music-who-was-rejected-by-early-mainstream-churches.

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Blow, Kurtis. 2018. "The Breaks: Building the Hip-Hop Generation | Kurtis Walker | TEDxCUNY." YouTube video posted by TEDx Talks, 19:29. May 17, 2018. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://youtu.be/hKGQCg9MLuA.

Boyer, Horace Clarence. 2000. The Golden Age of Gospel. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Boyer, Horace Clarence. 1979. "Contemporary Gospel Music Part 1: Sacred or Secular?" The Black Perspective in Music 7, no. 1 (Spring).

Boyer, Horace Clarence. 1974. "An Analysis of His Contributions: Thomas A. Dorsey, 'Father of Gospel Music.'" Black World 23, no. 9 (July).

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Burnim, Mellonee V. 2016. "Tropes of Continuity and Disjuncture in the Globalization of Gospel Music." In The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities, edited by Jonathan Dueck and Suzel A. Reily. New York: Oxford University Press.

Caesar, Shirley. 1998. The Lady, the Melody, and the Word: The Inspirational Story of the First Lady of Gospel Music. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson.

Carpenter, Bill. n.d. "Oh Happy Day: The Edwin Hawkins Singers (1968)." Library of Congress. Accessed September 26, 2021. https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/EdwinHawkinsEssay.pdf.

Chapman, Mary. 2018. "Rap Pioneer Kurtis Blow a Natural for 'The Hip Hop Nutcracker.'" The Detroit News. December 6, 2018. Accessed October 11, 2021. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/theater/2018/12/06/rap-pioneer-kurtis-blow-hip-hop-nutcracker-masonic-temple/2217049002/.

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Gentile, Dan. 2021. "The Legacy of 'Oh Happy Day': Oakland's Most Popular and Most Controversial Gospel Song." SFGATE. July 16, 2016. Accessed September 27, 2021. https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/oh-happy-day-sister-act-2-edwin-hawkins-oakland-16319955.php.

Harris, Michael W. 1992. The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church. New York: Oxford University Press.

Guess, Andre K.S. 2018. "Can Gospel Music Survive the Rise of Hip-Hop?" The Undefeated. July 16, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2021. https://theundefeated.com/features/can-gospel-music-survive-the-rise-of-hip-hop/.

Joven, Jason. 2020. "Black Gospel Music: Singing Praise in the Streaming Era." How Music Charts. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://blog.chartmetric.com/black-gospel-music-singing-praise-in-the-streaming-era/.

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Pric, Deborah E. 2014. "Against the Tide, Christian Rap Grows and Goes Mainstream." Yahoo! News. March 24, 2014. Accessed October 10, 2021. https://news.yahoo.com/against-tide-christian-rap-grows-goes-mainstream-174324467.html.

Rau, Nate. 2015. "68% of Americans Listened to Christian Music in Past Month." The Tennessean. June 27, 2015. Accessed October 12, 2021. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2015/06/27/gma-research-shows-popularity-christian-music/29353693/.

Shinagawa, Yukari. 2017. "The Adoption and Adaptation of Gospel Music in Japan: Perspectives on Performance." PhD diss. Indiana University. Accessed November 20, 2021. https://www.proquest.com/openview/e4b610b539474a94c1d6137c8cb8d1a0/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

Spectrum News Staff. 2020. "Kevin Burgess AKA KB Is a Rapper with a Religious Message for Today." Spectrum News 1. October 23, 2020. Accessed October 11, 2021. https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/entertainment/2020/10/23/kevin-burgess-aka-kb-is-a-rapper-with-a-religious-message-for-today.

Spratling, Cassandra. 2013. "Celebration to Mark Soul-Stirring Song 'Precious Lord.'" USA Today. March 6, 2013. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/06/celebration-to-mark--precious-lord/1966285/.

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Younger, Briana. 2016. "How Kirk Franklin Revolutionized Gospel and Made Hip-Hop a More Spiritual Place." The FADER. May 19, 2021. Accessed September 28, 2021. https://www.thefader.com/2016/05/19/kirk-franklin-gospel-hip-hop-chance-the-rapper.

Walls, Jr., Rev. Julius. 2019. "Kurtis Blow and Greater Hood Church Relaunch Hip-Hop Church." PR.com. March 8, 2019. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://www.pr.com/press-release/779171.

Zanfagna, Christina. 2017. "Hip Hop Church L.A.: Shifting Grounds in Inglewood." In Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels, 58-81. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.