Which nine-time Grammy Award-winning pioneers of Christian music had their final performance in 1988?
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Masters V The Masters Five or Masters V was a Southern Gospel Music quartet founded in 1980 by Hovie Lister as a special consolidation of well-known performers from The Statesmen Quartet and The Blackwood Brothers. The group featured J.D. Sumner as bass, Rosie Rozell as tenor, James Blackwood and Jake Hess alternating between lead and baritone, and Lister on piano. Their self-titled debut album, "The Masters V", won the 1981 Grammy Award for best traditional gospel performance. The quartet subsequently endured several personnel changes, often due to health and age-related issues. The group's final performance was in 1988.
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The Blackwood Brothers The Blackwood Brothers are an American southern gospel quartet. They are nine-time Grammy Award-winning pioneers of the Christian music industry.
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Jeff Majors JeffMajors Graham (born November 3), who goes by the stage name JeffMajors, is an American Inspirational jazz musician. He started his music career, in 1998, with the release of, "Sacred", that was released by Music One Records, which all of his albums have been release by the imprint. Majors released albums in 2000 with "Sacred Holidays", 2001's "Sacred 2000", "Sacred 4 You" in 2002, 2005's "Sacred Chapter 6", "Sacred Major 7th" in 2008, and "Sacred Eight" in 2009, and 2010's "Sacred Duets". All but two of these albums chart upon the "Billboard" magazine charts, primarily on the Gospel Albums chart, with some placements on the R&B Albums chart.
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I'm a Survivor (George Jones song) "I'm a Survivor" is a song by country music artist George Jones. Composed by Jim McBride and Keith Stegall, the song references Jones' own hard-living past, including his drinking and arrests, but vowing, "As long as I'm breathin', you ain't heard the last of me yet." However, despite the song's theme of resilience, the single bombed on the charts, peaking at #52, his worst showing in years. Jones performed the song during a television special celebrating the twentieth anniversary of "Hee Haw" in 1988.
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Dorinda Clark-Cole Dorinda Clark-Cole (born Dorinda Grace Clark on October 19, 1957) also known as The Rose of Gospel, is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American evangelist and gospel singer. She is best known as a member of The Clark Sisters and as a daughter of pioneering choral director Mattie Moss Clark.
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Mitchell's Christian Singers Mitchell's Christian Singers were an American gospel music group who recorded prolifically between 1934 and 1940.
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Jason Roy (musician) Jason David Roy is the lead vocalist for the American Christian rock band, Building 429 which has produced nine albums over an eighteen-year career. The band has been nominated for a GRAMMY, three Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards and won New Artist of the Year in 2005. They also won the award for BMI Christian Song of the Year in 2013.
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Phillips, Craig and Dean Phillips, Craig and Dean (rendered as Phillips, Craig & Dean on albums) is a contemporary Christian music trio composed of Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig, and Dan Dean. Since forming in 1991, the group has sold over two million units. They have also received ten GMA Dove Award nominations, winning four, including Praise and Worship Album of the Year in 2007 for "Top of My Lungs", and Inspirational Album of the Year in 2010 for "Fearless".
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1990 Soul Train Music Awards The 1990 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on March 14, 1990 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross and Dionne Warrick.
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Kim Dexter Kimberly Tara "Kim" Dexter ("née", Sipus; born November 7, 1968) is an American Christian musician, who plays worship and Christian pop music. She has released two studio albums, "So This Is It" (2006) and "Reaching" (2014).
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Country After All These Years Country After All These Years is an album by guitarist Chet Atkins. It would be his last recording for RCA Victor and as a fitting parting gift, it won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. Chet was also nominated in the same category that year for "Reflections", his collaboration with Doc Watson.
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Clay Foster Lee, Jr. Clay Foster Lee, Jr. is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1988.
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REZ: Compact Favorites REZ: Compact Favorites was the 11th release, and second compilation album, from American Christian rock band Resurrection Band (known at this point as "REZ"), released in 1988.
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Dave Prater David Prater, Jr. (May 9, 1937 – April 9, 1988) was an American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988. He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1992), the Grammy Hall of Fame (1999, for the song "Soul Man"), the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1997), and he was a Grammy Award–winning (1967) and multiple Gold Record award-winning recording artist.
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David L. Cook David L. Cook (born November 11, 1968) is an American Christian country music singer-songwriter, comedian and a multiple Emmy and Telly Awards winner.
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Eugene Monroe Bartlett Eugene Monroe Bartlett, Sr. (a.k.a. E.M. Bartlett) (December 24, 1885 – January 25, 1941) was an American Christian singer, songwriter and producer of gospel music. He wrote "Victory in Jesus".
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The Dixie Hummingbirds The Dixie Hummingbirds are an influential American gospel music group, spanning more than 80 years from the jubilee quartet style of the 1920s, through the "hard gospel" quartet style of gospel's golden age in the 1940s and 1950s, to the eclectic pop-tinged songs of today. The Hummingbirds inspired a number of imitators, such as Jackie Wilson and James Brown, who adapted the shouting style and enthusiastic showmanship of hard gospel to secular themes to help create soul music in the 1960s.
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21st GMA Dove Awards The 21st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 5, 1990, recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1989. The show was held at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Clifton Davis and Sandi Patty.
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Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary
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Jubilee Christian Center Jubilee Christian Center, led by pastor Dick Bernal, is the largest non-denominational church in San Jose, California . The original church has 14,000 members, with lesser numbers attending its five "branch" churches. Jubilee is most popular for its launching of the career of Ron Kenoly and its annual Thunder in the Bay conference, which hosts pastors such as Michael Pitts, T. D. Jakes, Paula White and Tudor Bismak. Ron Kenoly has recorded several musical projects as: Jesus is Alive in 1991 and Welcome Home (Ron Kenoly) in 1996.
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From Spirituals to Swing From Spirituals to Swing was the title of two concerts presented by John Hammond in Carnegie Hall on 23 December 1938 and 24 December 1939. The concerts included performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, Helen Humes, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Mitchell's Christian Singers, the Golden Gate Quartet, James P. Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy and Sonny Terry.
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Doc Watson Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music were highly regarded. He performed with his son, guitarist Merle Watson, for over 15 years until Merle's death in 1985 in an accident on the family farm.