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Bobbie Shoemake-Singing The Way I Feel
Unlike most artists I share on here, Sister Shoemake is still active in the music ministry and releasing new albums.Unfortunately, her albums available since the turn of the millennium are only...
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Gayla Bibb-The Parasol
Concluding another month long look at some of the best female singers in the United Pentecostal Church, I would be remiss if I did not share Gayla Bibb's seminal record, The Parasol. Gayla Bibb is now...
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The Jellisons-Family Favorites
Last month, I ended the look at female singers in the United Pentecostal Church by cheating a tad and sharing a "solo" record by Gayla Bibb that was actually a Bible Singing Bibb Family record.Picking...
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The Spears Family-My Thanks to Him
Continuing "family" month...This is a private press album put out by the family's own custom record label. Featured here are Rev. Doyle Spear, his wife Faith, and their two children Steven and Judi.The...
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I am happy to announce I've updated two prior posts with new material!First up, when I originally posted The Apostolic Bible Institute's album "Come Holy Spirit," I didn't have the original album art,...
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The Pilant Family-Presenting the Pilant Family
Most often, the records I choose for this blog have strong ties with the United Pentecostal Church.Sometimes not so much.Part of it may be due to lack of substantial information found online to give...
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The Erwins-One More Night With the Frogs
Rounding up "family month," I bring the second album by The Erwins. Rev. Dennis Erwin's music and preaching ministry has spanned forty plus years. Today, his kids carry on the family music ministry and...
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Hal Kennedy-Shoutin' On the Hills
This month I am going to feature albums by male solo artists. I have already done two months worth of female solo artists and realized I hadn't yet focused attention on the men who brought their music...
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Zane Isaacson-Rapture Ready
Continuing a look at solo male artists in the United Pentecostal Church, I am trying to choose men who, as far as I know, never performed with a group. (I realize the previous entry didn't meet that...
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Lance Appleton-I'm A One God, Apostolic
Now here is a solo male Pentecostal artist that should be a name you know if you don't already. If there was a United Pentecostal Music Hall of Fame, Lance Appleton would be among the first added.There...
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Steve Richardson-You Gave My Life a Song
If there was an United Pentecostal Music Hall of Fame, another inaugural songwriter added to such an honor would have to be Steve Richardson.I do not recall the first Pentecostal record I listened to,...
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Apostolic Jubilee
First off, I just wanted to let you know this has been a crazy busy month for me. I probably will not be posting as much as I have this month as I usually do. I hope to get another album up on here by...
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Tony & Martha Carson-Thank God I'm Free
I'm back! And I have a stack of albums to share with you in the coming weeks!Okay, we've featured solo female artists around here and then solo male artists. This month I am going to focus on couples!...
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Leon & Velma West-It's Gonna Rain
From the beginning of this blog, I've enjoyed bringing Pentecostal music to you well known and obscure.Obviously, not every artist I share here is going to be as big of a name as Murrell Ewing or Vesta...
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Terry & Julia Gunn-Peace of Mind
Terry Gunn has been in music ministry for nearly fifty years. He started playing in gospel groups in 1968 in St. Louis, MO. In 1970, he married Julia and began to tour and perform with Lanny and...
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Nathaniel & Jean Urshan-Sunshine in the Shadows
Could I possibly feature the first look at couples in Pentecostal music and not included the Urshans? If I was to submit a picture to a dictionary to illustrate "Pentecostal music," it would have to be...
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Ann Grant & The Little Lights-Bananas for the Lord
Much to my surprise, last year's "Vacation Bible School Month" was a resounding success! It amazed me to see that two of my all time most popular posts were from that one month! So that tells me that...
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Songs for Pentecostal Children
The second annual Vacation Bible School Month ramps it up for a wonderful rarity from the history of Pentecostal music! As with most records I share here, there is no year printed on the jacket or...
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Tupelo Children's Mansion Part Four
There's no year on this one, but if I were to take a stab at a guess, I would say this must be from around 1990-1992. Just a hunch. The graphics and the music are quite dated, for example. Also, I know...
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Lance & Merna Appleton-So Happy!
Wrapping up the second annual Vacation Bible School month with another rare Pentecostal children's classic! From 1977, not only a record from Lance Appleton, but a record from Lance and his wife Merna!...
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